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VERXER. G27 /4/ Willieliuina, iii. IG Jan. ISGl), to Hev. James Hartin, rector of Finoe, s. p. /5/ Fanny Margaret. [3c] Thomas, of Dublin, m. (licence dated 9 Mar. 1798), Dorothea, dau. of John Bloomfleld, Esq. of Redwood, co. Tipperary (B. Bloomfield), and had wath other issue 3 sons, IX I Thomas Bloomfield, capt. 80th regt. m. Miss Vorrall, of ClonmeU, co. Tipperary. His youngest son, Henry Vere Hunt, brevet-major B.s-.C. served in Afghan campaign 1873 80, late Ueut. 25th regt. P.N.I. ; m. 3 Dec. 1872, Frances Emilj' Leyburn, youngest dau. of late Richard Leyburne, Esq. of Leicester. /2/ Robert, of Cloghnadromin and Greenhills, co. Limerick, J.P. Limerick and co. Clare; b. 31 Aug. 1814; m. 1833, Maria, dau. of George Bonynge Roch- fort, Esq. of Plerstown, co. Westmeath, and has 3 sons and 4 daus. (1) Thomas Rochfort, lieut.-col. late 17th regt.; b. 9 Aug. 1834; m. 22 June, 1865. EUzabeth Frances, dau. of Robert Ringrose Gelston, ji.d. and has 2 sons and 4 daus. Thomas Aubrev, b. 13 Jan. 1876.— Cecil Vere, b. 9 Mar. 1879.— Edith Gelston.— Katldeen Frances.— EHzabeth Caroline. — Gwendoline Maria. (2) George Gerald, com. R.N. ; b. 10 Sept. 1840. (3) William Lewis, b. 31 Mar. 1843 ; m. 1866, Marv, dau. of Luke Bradv, Esq. of Xew Grove, co. Clare. (4) Ellen Anne, m. 4 June, 1868, to Col. Vere Hunt Bowles, commanding brigade depot Belfast 1877, late commanding 63rd and 37th regis, s. p. (5) Frances Dorothea, m. 9 Jan. 1861, to Liout.-Gen. Charles Ehnhirst, c.B. commanding division Mysore Presidency 1877/80, served OTth 9th regt. in Affghanistan 1842, and also in Crimea, K.L.H.M., D.Q.M.G. Cape 1865 70, commanding infantry brigade Malta, 1874 7, and has a son and 2 daus. Harry Rochfort Elmhir.'^T, b. 22 Oct. 1863.— Aileen MeUta, b. 3 May, 1875.— A dau. b. 30 Sept. 1880. (6) Meriel Kate, m. 20 April, 1869. to Alexander Thomas Caulfeild, late grenadier guards (E. CHARLEJfONT.) (7) Maria Sarah, m. 27 Sept. 1877, to Peter Gerald Griffin, Esq. of Alta Villa, co. Limerick, and has a son, Peter Gerald Griffin, b. 29 Sept. 1878. /3/ Rochfort, local government board, Ireland, unm. SIR VERE HUXT, of Curragh, co. Limerick, created a Baronet of Ireland 4 Dec. 1784, raised and commanded three regiments of infantry, sat in the Irish parliament 1797, purchased Lundy Island in 1803 : d. 11 Aug. 1.S18, having m. 4 Mar. 1784, Elenor, only dau. of Right Rev. William Cecil, Lord Glentworth, bishop ofLimerick (E. Limerick); she d. 25 Dec. 1820, leaving an only son, SIR AUBREY DE "ERE, 2nd Baronet, assumed the sur- name and arms of De Vere in lieu of Hunt by r.l. 15 Jlar. 1832, sold Lundy Island 1830; b. 28 Aug. 1788 ; d." 5 July, 1846, having m. 19 May, 1807, Mary, eldest dau. of Stephen Edward Rice, Esq. of Mount Trenchard, co. Limerick; shed. 11 Feb. 1856, having had with other issue 5 sons and a dau. /I/ Sir Vere Edmond, 3rd Baronet; b. 12 Oct. 1808; d. s. p. 23 Sept. 1880, having m. 9 Jan. 1838, Mary Lucy, eldest liau. of Rowland Stamlish, Esq. of Scaleby Castle, Ciunberlaml, and Farley HUl, Berks. /2/ Sir Stephen Edward, 4th and present Baronet. /3/ Aubrey Thomas, heir presumptive to the Baro- netcy ; b. 10 Jan. 1814. /4/ William Cecil, capt. R.N. b. 20 April, 1823; d. s. p. 2 Feb. 1869, having m. 8 July, 1852, Sophia, dau. of John Allen, Esq. of Bumham, Somerset. /5/ Francis Horatio, major R.E. ; b. 12 Oct. 1828; shot by a sapper R.E. 22 Aug. 1865 (who was executed 12 Oct. following); ni. 4 Xov. 1856, Anne Celestine, youngest dau. of James Hardi- man Burke, Esq. and eventual heiress of her brother John Hardiman Burke, Esq. of St. Clerans, co. Galway (she re-ni. 20 Feb. 1873, as 2nd wife, to Rev. Charleton Maxwell, J.P. formerly rector of Leckpatrick, co. Tyrone, brother of Sir Peter Benson Maxwell), and had 3 daus. (1) Mary, m. 18 Dec. 1879, to Capt. William TJtting Cole, 3rd dragoon guards. (2) Eleanor. (3) Margaret. /6/ Elinora Jane Alicia Lucy, m. 14 Feb. 1835, to Hon. Robert O'Brien (B. INCHIQUIN) ; he d. 5 Mar. 1870. Bart. VEEXEE, SirVilli.v:m Edward Hercules, of Yemers Bridge, co. Armagh (1846, U.K.); s, his father as 3rcl Baronet in 1873: b. 11 .Jan. 1856; m. 29 Jan. 1877, Annie, j-oungest dau. of late John Wilson, of Melbourne, Australia ; heir presumj^tive, his uncle Edward. Arms— Arg. on a fesse between three boars' heads couped sa. fretty or, a trefoil sUpised of the last. Cre.st — A boar's head as in the arms. Motto — Pro Christo et patria. Seat— Church HiU, Verner's Briilge, Moy, Armagh. TO'WN House— 86, Eaton Square, s.W. iLinragf. JAMES VERXER, of Churchill, co. Armagh (elder son of David Vemer, and his -ife Elizabeth Crosle), M.p. Dun- gannon: b. 1 Mar. 1746; m. June, 1773, Jane, dau. and co- heir of Rev. Henry Clarke, of Anasanimory, co. Armagh, and had 4 sons and a dau. (1) Thomas, of London, formerly of Belfast. Ueut. -col. Antrim militia 1842, gent, privy chamber, sovereign of Belfast, high sheriff Armagh 1800, had a grant of arms to him and his descendants 10 Aug. 1820; b. 25 Mar. 1774; d. 13 Aug. 1853, having m. 13 Dec. 1803, EUzabeth, 2nd dau. of Sir Edward Mav, Bart, (ext.), of Mayfield, co. Waterford; she d. 15 Jan. 1848, having had 4 sons and 2 daus. /I/ James Edward, lieut.-col. Bengal army, major 28th Middx. R.V.; b. 26 Oct. 1804; d. 25 Mar. 1865, having m. 28 Feb. 1843, Frances Constautia, dau. of John Cumau Came, capt. E.I.C.S.; she d. 1850/1, having had an only son, Thomas Edward, major Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire regt.), formerly 62nd regt. ; b. 5 April, 1845. /2/ William, late Ueut.-col. commanding Antrim miUtia, J.P. and treasurer co. Antrim, chief commissioner of the insolvent court at Port PhiUp, AustraUa; b. 31 Jan. 1807; m. 1st— 20 Oct. 1833, his cousin Charlotte, dau. of Rev. Eilward May, vicar of Belfast ; she d. 19 Mar. 1861. He m. 2ndly — 23 July, 1867, Charlotte Jane, youngest dau. of late John WiUis Fleming, Esq. m.p. of Stoneham Park, Hants, and widow of Albert John Hambrough, of SteephiU Castle, Hants, J.P. D.L.; she d. 10 Xov. 1874. By his 1st wife he had 5 sons and 2 daus. [1] Albert, govt, inspector of mines; b. 8 Jan. 1841; d. unm. 4 Julv, 1867. [2] WilUam Henry, Bo. C.S.; b. 19 July, 1842; m. Aug. 1877, Catherine Louisa, dau. of Albert John Hambrough , of SteephUl Castle, aforesaid, and has a son, OUver William, b. 19 Xov. 1879. [3] George Hamilton, R.N. b. 24 Feb. 1845, lost in H.M.S. " Orpheus " 5 Feb. 1863. [4] Frederic Thomas, a twin with [5] Charles Augustus, b. 26 July, 1847; m. 17 April, 1876, Violet Emilv, dau. of Simon Watson-Tavlor, Esq. of Erle- stoke, Wilts (M. Tweeudai.E), and lias a son, and 2 daus. Guy WiUiam Hay, b. 24 April, 1880.— AmeUa EUa Violet, — Rose. [6] Agnes SeUna. [7] Alice Clara. /3/ Thomas, of Lilliput, CO. Antrim, j.p. d.l. capt. Antrim mil. the last sovereign of the town and borough of Belfast, and chief magistrate; b. 22 July, 1808; d. unm. 3 Aug. 1780. /4/ George, lieut.-gen. Bengal s.c. (retd. list). superintendent of Cachar, commissioner of Arracfin, and agent to gov.-gen 2T '