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THE ANGELO FAMILY Duodecim proles Dom. Angelo invenientur pag. 349-350 in its natural straightforward sense, namely:- will be found on pages 349-350. The new evidence justifies us in translating this brief note Twelve of the descendants or progeny of (the famous) Domenick Angelo Thus the note of Father Gaffy becomes equivalent to a state- ment that the children of Anthony Angelo referred to were the grandchildren of Domenick who at that time had been dead some four or five years. It is true Henry Angelo terms Anthony his cousin, but that statement on the part of Henry Angelo is one that does not require a very close examination, at least in this place, for, that Domenick Angelo had con tracted a previous alliance of some sort in Italy or France, I have no doubt whatever, from the evidence now quoted, and the mother is traditionally stated to have been a Contessa di Pescara, a lady of quite illustrious descent. Of the death of Henry Angelo's wife, Mary Bowman Swindon, I have no record. By her he appeared to have had at least four sons, namely:- (1) George Frederick, the eldest, who was born on July 10th, 1779, and baptized at St. Ann's, Soho. He was a great protégé of both the Prince Regent and the Duke of York, and in 1794 was offered a commission as Lieutenant in the 31st Light Dragoons. He preferred, however, a civil appointment, and was for many years the Commander-in-Chief's confidential clerk at the Horse Guards, retiring with the rank of Captain in the West India Rangers in 1821, on a pension of 300 a year, and settling at Hill House, Southampton. His first wife, Elizabeth McCoy, whom he married in 1801, died in Carmarthen Street, Fitzroy Square, in 1817, leaving two sons, John Angelo, who died young, and William St. Leger Angelo, xxvi