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THE ANGELO FAMILY 2. That General William St. Leger, who held a high command in Bengal early in the nineteenth century, was his father's uncle, as whose aide-de-camp he originally came to India These statements are very important. first :-- Thus, as regards the 1. We know very well that Domenick Angelo, the famous fencing-master, was his father's cldest son, and the senior representative of the Angelos in his own generation. It follows that if Anthony Angelo, of the Bengal Body Guard, was eldest son of the eldest son, according to the testimony of his own son as quoted by his grandson, General Angelo, his father can scarcely have beem other than Domenick Angelo. Then as regards the second statement of General Angelo:- 2. General William St. Leger could only have been Anthony Angelo Tremamondo's son's uncle in one way, namely, as having himself married into the Angelo family. He could only have been his uncle by marriage, and, as we have shown, General St. Leger's wife was Domenick Angelo's second daughter, Anne Caroline Angelo, a circumstance which entirely satisfies General Angelo's claim, and shows quite clearly how the alleged relationship may have come about. This double testimony, now newly adduced, also elucidates and explains the mysterious Latin entry made by Father Gafty, in the baptismal register of St. Patrick's, Soho Square, about the year 1806, concerning certain of Anthony Angelo Tremamondo's children, which perplexed me so much when discussing Anthony Angelo's parentage in The Ancestor Father Gaffy was a contemporary of Domenick Angelo, and lived opposite to him in Soho Square. The entry or note in question is this:- Xxv