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360 DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED BARONETAGE. Ferrers, and Hon. Canon of Peterborough. Mary Charlotte : in. 1867, Francis Sleuart Chapman, Esq., who d. 1887. Alice Catherine: ;. 1870, the Rev. Charles James Hamilton, V. of Dove- ridge, and Hon. Canon of Southwell. Residence, Doveridge Vicarage, Derby Letitia Jane.. Eliza. Residence The family of Macnaghten is of great antiquity in the Western Highlands. In 1267, Alexander III. granted to Gillichrist Macnaghten and his heirs the custody of the castle and island of Frechlan, on condition that he should rebuild it, and keep it fit for the reception of the king whenever he should visit it. His great-grandson Duncan, a faithful partisan of the cause of King L>uncan, was one of the band that accompanied James Douglas in his attempt to deposit the heart of Robert Bruce at Jerusalem. The ist baronet, Sir Francis, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Madras 1809-15, and of Calcutta 1815-25, assumed the additional surname and arms of Workman by royal license 1809. Macpherson-Grant, see Grant. MAGNAY, Creation 1844, of Postford House, Surrey. Sir WILLIAM MAGNAY, 2nd Baronet ; b. Nov. 1855; s. his father, Sir WILLIAM, 1871: m. 1879, Margaret Susannah, da. of the late Matthew Soulsby, Esq., and has rms Ermine, fretty gules on a chief per pale of the second and azure a sword proper, pommel and hilt or, surmounting a key saltirewise, the ward, upwards gold, interlaced with the collar of the Lord Mayor of the City ot London, between two leopards' faces erminois. Crtst A lion rampant sable billety erminois, murally crowned, gorged with a chain reflexed over the back, and holding between the fore-paws a leopard's face or. Residence 19, Sussex Place, Regent's Park, N.W. Club Union. Magna est veritas. Great is truth. Sons living CHRISTOPHER BOYD WILLIAM, b. March 2 7 th, 1884. Philip Matthew, b. 1885. Daughter living Dorothy Vera. Sister living Amelia. Residence, Milford Lodge, near Lymington, Hants. The ist baronet, Lord Mayor of London 1843-4, was created a baronet in commemoration of the opening of the Royal Exchange by H.M. Queen Victoria, in 1844. He was son of Christopher Magnay, Esq., Lord Mayor of London 1820-21. MAHON, Creation 1819, of Castlegar, Galway. Rev. Sir WILLIAM VESEY ROSS^MAHON, 4th Baronet; b. July I3th, 1813 ; s. his brother, Sir JAMES, 1852 ; ed. at Trin. Coll., Dublin (B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838) ; is R. of Rawmarsh: in. 1853, Jane, da. of the Rev. Henry King, of Ballylin, and has issue. gmns Per fesse sable and argent, an ostrich counterchanged, in the beak a horseshoe or. Crist A dexter arm embowed in armour the hand grasping, a sword wavy all proper. . Seat Castlegar, Galway. Residence Rose Hill, Rawmarsh, Rother- ham. Sons living WILLIAM HENRY, b. Dec. 3 ist, 1856 ; is Capt. 4 th Batn. Prince of Wales's Own (W. Yorkshire Regt.), and a J.P. for W. Riding of Yorks. John Fitzgerald, b. 1858. Residence, Weston, Ahascragh, co. Galway. Clubs, Raleigh, Kildare Street. Edward, b. 1862. Gilbert, b. 1865. Daughters living Mary Geraldine. Alice Jane: m. 1889, Harry Polhill Chambers, Esq. Residence, Grove House, Warlingham, Surrey. Brother living Henry, b. 1819. Sisters living Henrietta Louisa : m. 1845, James Foster- Vesey-Frtz- gerald, Esq., J.P. and D.L., and has issue living, James, b. 1846: Bar. King's Inns, Dublin 1871, Geraldine Sophia : m. 1872, Robert Hume Crowe, Esq., J.P., of Toonagh, Ennis. Residence, Moyriesk, Ennis, co. Clare. Georgiana : m. ist, 18 , the Rev. Samuel Hill; 2ndly, 1866, Robert Hudson, Esq. Jane Alicia: ;. 1855, the Rev. Peter William Browne, M.A., who d. 1861, and has issue living, Peter William (Club, Scottish), b. 1857 ; formerly Capt. 2nd Batn. Royal Scots Fusiliers ; served in Zulu war 1879 (medal with clasp), and with Burmah Expedition 1885-6 (meda Moniti meliora sequamur. Having been warned, let itsfolttnv better things.