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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 759 fliiiiglitei- of RiilpU DorriNii, t>r Knif ilcad, CO. Loii;,'for(l. VIII. Kicliiinl, Cuplain R.N., //. in Juuo, 1804; ciitt'ivil tlio navy 2:ii-il Novom- I)rr, 1S17, and uttaiiicil llu' rank of coninunulcr, liStli .luiu'. IhlJS ; d, tniin. in Dublin, Iltli Janiiai-y, 1S18. IX. Bryan (Sir), of !), (ioidon Place, Cinnpdcn Hill, London, b. 1808; oducftted at Trinity College, Dublin, eallcil to the bar, 1831, sat in the Parliament of Newfoundland, was judge of the .Supreme Com-t there, 1858 77, and knighted 1877. He m. 1831., Selina, daughter of Arthur lloldsworth Brooking, of Erixhani, CO. Devon, and (/. 6th December, 1887, having had, with other issue, Brjan Christopher, *. 1848. I. Hannah, in. 1816, James Courtenay COTTIXGH.M. II. Elizabeth, m. John Charles Tatlow. III. Jane, m. C. Wilkins. The second, but eldest surviving son, Admiral Hercules Robinsox, of Kos- mead, co. Wcstmeath, J.P. and D.L., co. Westnieath, and high sheriff 1842 ; I). 16th March, 1789, entered the navy, June, 1800, and fought .at the battle of Trafalgar, in the " Euryalus," 21st October, 1805. He in. 22nd June, 1822, Frances Elizabeth, ouly child of Henry Widinan Wood, of Rosmead, CO. Westmeath, by Anne, his wife, eldest daughter of Joseph Henry, of Straffan, co. Kildare, and d. 15th May, 18G4, having had issue, I. Henry (Sir), K.C.B., of 55, Lands- downc Road, Dublin, antl of the Junior United Service Club, London, and Kildare Street Club, Dublin ; i. 1823; sometime Lieutenant 60th Rifles ; was poor law inspector and local government inspector in IrelaufI, 1848-76 ; assistant under • secretary and clerk of the council in Ireland, 1876-79; and vice-president of the local government board, Ireland, 1879- 91; created C.B., 1880, promoted K.C.B., 1886 ; m. 12th January, 1853, Hon. Eva Arthur Henry Mcdora Annesley, fourth daughter of Arthur, tenth Viscount Valentia (see Burke's Peerage), and d. March, 1893, leaving issue, 1. Hercules F. A., in. 4th November, 1879, Eleanor Edith, second daughter of George Wilkinson, and has issue. 2. Henry Arthur, m. Gth June, 1883, Harriet, elder daugliler of Sir Robert Lyncii-Blosse, Bart., of Athavallic, co. Mayo (see Burke's I'eeraye and Baronet- age). 3. Sydney Loftus, Captain Ist Bat- talion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4. 21st June, 1860. 1. Eva Eleanor, m. 8th February, 1882, Joseph HoNE, and d. 1894, leaving issue. II. Hercule.s Oeouoe Robert (High lion. Sir), Bart., P.C., tS.C.M.G., of 1 1, Ennisinorc Gardens, Lonilun ; and of ,rtliur8's, W'iiite's and Carlton Clubs, London, J.l'., co. Kildare; /(. 19th December, 1821; was educated at the Royal Military College, Sand- hurst, sometime Lieutenant 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. Sir Hercules was president of Montserrat, 1 854 ; lieutenant-governor of St. Kitt's, 1855-59; governor of Hong Kong, 18,59-05 ; Ceylon, 1865-72 ; New. South Wales, 1872-79; New Zealand, 1879-80 ; and governor of Cape Colony, and lI.M.'s high com- missioner tor South .Vfrica, 1880-89. He was creatcil a knight bachelor in 1859; K.C.M.G., 1S69; U.C.M.G., 1874 ; P. C, 1883 ; and advanced to the dignity of a baronet, 6th Februarv, 1891. "Sir Hercules m. 24th April, 1840, Hon. Nea Arthur Ada Rose d'Arinour .Vnnesley, fifth daughter of Ai-thur,tcnth ViscouNT Valentia (.«ee Burke's Peerage), of Bletchington Park, Oxford, and has issue, 1. Hercules Arthur Temple, Lieu- tenant 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, h. 6th November, 1866 ; m. 10th October, 1891, Hon. Edith Handcock, daughter of the fourth Lord Castle,maixe. 1. Eleanor Frances Alti Maria, m. first, 9th June, 1870, Colonel Edward Beauchamp St. John, late Royal Sussex Regiment, son of John Beauchamp St. John (see Baron St. Joun of B lets ho, in Burke's Peerage), and has issue by him ; and secondly, 1883, Major George Stevenson, late Sutherland and Argyle Highlanders, and d. 24th Novem- ber, 1893. 2. Nora Augusta Maud, m. first, 7th August, 1878, Alexander Kirkman Finlay (who (/. 1883) .youngest son of Alexanders. Finlay, of Castle Toward, co. Argvle, and secondh', 1887, Charles R. DuRANT. 3. Neredah Leeta, in. 1887, Captain Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins, of the Shropshire Light Infantry, and military secretary to the governor of the Cape of Good Hope. III. Loftus Christopher Hawker, Captain late R.N,, in. Sarah, daughter of James Robinson. IV. Widnian, d. in infancy. V. William Cleaver Trancis (Uis Excellency Sir), O.C.M.G., Governor of Western Australia, the subject of this memoir. VI. Frederick Charles Brvan, Vice- Admiral R.N., F.R.ti.S. (Kuss Hill, Charlwood, Surrey. Clahs —iv'X Service and Constitutional in London), eonimander-in-chief on the East