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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 787 Lawhknce, the ai-tist, aud had ouo (laiif;htoi-, Liu-v Louisa Anne, iii. about 1S24, .Tolin AsLAX, of Biniiinghain, ami has iiunu'rous issue. II. Charles, of Leiee^ter, Englaiul, soli- eilor, eoroner, etc., had issue, one (huinhtev Fanny, deceased. III. ]leni'T, of Birniinf;hani, guu-niakev, h.'ul two sons, only one of whom, lienry, attained manhood. IV. Gkokgk, of whom presently. I. Louisa Anne, h. about 1772, in. Thomas Tw.mi,ei:, of Hamjistead, near IJirminj^ham, and h.ad one daiigh- ter, Louisa Anne, li. in liirniin{;bain, 20th July. 1812, »i. at I'Mgbaston, near Birmingham. IKth April, 1S39, her cousin, the Hon. Charles Meekdith. II. Anne, rf. unw. One of Mr. Meredith's sisters, »i. a Mr. LiXWOOD, whose daughter, Mary, was the Miss Linwood whose wonderfully clever and artistic pictures in worsted crewel-work, were so much admired in the first quarter of the present century. He d. in 178S. Uis fourth and 3'oungest son, Geohge Meredith, of Candjria, Swansea, Tasmania, b. 1778, entered the Xavy in 1794, aud, as Lieutenant in the Marines, served in America, the West Indies and Egypt. He formerly resided at Castlcbroniwicli, and sub- seqiiently, on retiring from the Marines, at Newbury, and at Ehyndaston, Pembrokeshire, from wiiich place he emigrated to Tasmain'a, arriving at Hobart, 18th March, 1821, in the " Emerald." During his residence in Tas- mania, Mr. Jleredith experienced many difficulties and dangers, and on one occasion his house was broken into by the noted bush- ranger Brady. He iii. iirst, 1805, Sarah West- all Hicks, an heiress, and by her (who d. in 1820, at Rhyndaston) had issue, I. George, believed to have been mur- dered by the aborigines in Kangaroo Land, about 1832. II. Chaeies (Hon.), of whom pre- sently. I. Sarah, >n. at-Hobart, James B. Porx- TEB, banker and n.erchant, and had issue, three sons and one daughter, who reside in the colonies. II. Louisa, )». at Hobart, Captain John Bell, niercliant and shipowner, and lias issue, one son, George, living in Southland, New Zealand, and, three daughters residing in England. m. Sabina, in. at Hobart, John BoYEs. mercJiaut, and had issue, five sons (one in the army, one a Captain E.N. and another now deceased who received the A'ictoria Cross for gallant conduct at Nagasaki) aud four daughters. 3tr. George Meredith iii. secondly, 30th October, 1820, Mary EvAXs, and d. 185C, having by her, who d. 21st November, 184-2, had issue, III. John, («. Maria Hammu.nb, and has five sons and five daughters. IV. Edwin, of Llaudafl', Mastertou, New Zeahmd (see p. 115). IV. Maria, in. fith Noveudier, 1815, Cap- tain Joseph Henry Kayk, R.N., and has issue. V. Clara, ;«. Sir Bichard Dii v, who d. s. ji. Oeiober, ISGO. VI. Kainiy, in. Captain F. S. GayXOK, of the 99th Regiment, and has one son and t)ne daughter. VII. Rosina, m. Captain F. DEsrAHl). of the 99th Regiment, and has one daugh- ter. The second son, Hux. CnAuiEs Meekdith, of Maluunah, Orford, and Hobart, Tasmania, was for twenty-four years a nu'mber of the House of Assembljk,an executive eouneillor fortvent- three years, a minister of the Crown in four administrations, a magistrate of the territory thirtv-six vears, /y. at Povston. co. Pembroke, Wales, 29ih May, 1811. " In 1821, he emigra- ted with his i'ather and family to Tasmania, which he left for New South Wales in 1833, and took uj) runs on the Murrumbidgee, Manaroo and Limestone plains. He visited England in 1838, returned to Sydney the following year, and resided for some little lime at the old house, Homebush ; he sub- sequently returned to Tasmania, landing at Hobart, 1840, and ])urchafed from his father the estate of Spi'ing Vale, was sometime resident magistrate for the district of Port Sorrell, which otiiec he vacated in 1848, and during the succeeding ten years rented his father's estates and resided in the district of Glamorgan ; subsequently in 1858, removing to his own estates at Pressor's Plains. He was returned a member of the then nominee elective council, and took his seat, 17th July, 1855, and was elected the first member for Glamorgan, 2nd December, 1856, in the first representative Parliament of Tasmania j shortly afterwards was called ui30n to accept office as Colonial Treasurer in the Cabinet formed by Mr. Gregson ; was next retm'ned for the city of Hobart ; again took office as Colonial Treasurer, which lie lield until No- vember, 1866; iu the new Parliament he represented Kingborough, until 1871, in which year he was rtturned for West Devon, for which constituency he sat until his final retirement from Parliament in 1879. In 1872-3, he held oflice as minister of lands and works ; and in the Eeibey ministry of 187(5 7 again occupied his former position as Colonial Treasurer, aud immediately after his resigna- tion was appointed police magistrate of Launceston, whither in June,1879.he removed from Maluunah, Oi'ford. He in. at Old Edg- baston Church, near Birmingham, 18th April, 1839, his cousin Louisa Anne, daughter of Thomas Twamley', of Hampstead, near Bir- mingham. She was J. in Birmingham, 20th July, 1812, and is the authoress of JN'u/f.v and i^k'elches of Sew Sonfh M'aleii^ Mij Home in Tasmania, Over the H/rails, etc., etc., nearly all of which works were illustrated by herself. She has been awarded prize uu'dals in Lon- don, Sydney. Melbourne, and Calcutta, for paiiitings illustrating Au^tralian natural his- tory, and is the only woman holding one of ■■i E 2