II. Arthur Thomas, b. 26th February, 1871.

III. William Macpherson, b. 8th October, 1874.

IV. Guy Hamilton, b. 5th November, 1875.

1. Helen Young.

He m. secondly, at the British Embassy, Paris, 26th September, 1883, Isabel Louise, youngest daughter of the Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson, K.C.M.G. (1884), of Chestnut Park, Toronto, Canada (who was b. 1818; educated at Inverness Royal Academy; went to Canada 1835, and was elected to the Legislative Council of Canada 1864, of which he continued a member until the Confederation of the Provinces, 1867, when he was summoned by royal proclamation to the Senate of the Dominion; sworn of the Privy Council of Canada 1880; speaker of the Senate 1880 to 1883, when he was appointed minister of the interior; son of David Macpherson, Esq. of Inverness, by Naomi, his wife, daughter of John Grant, Esq.), by Elizabeth Sarah, his wife, eldest daughter of William Molson, Esq. of Montreal, and by her has issue,

v. Eric Reginald Macpherson, b. 18th September, 1884.

Lineage.

This family is of Irish descent, and is prob ably a cadet of the ancient house of Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn, co. Dumfries, Scotland.

ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK, Esq. of Coolmine House, Clonsilla, co. Dublin, Ireland, J.P., m. Mary Anne, daughter of John Rutherfoord, Esq. of St. Dolough's, co. Dublin, and d. 1878, leaving, amongst other issue,

Alexander, of Coolmine House, co. Dublin, b. 1828; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1850), and is a magistrate for Queen's co. and co. Dublin. He m. 1854, Maria Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Robert D. Robinson, of Ballynevin Castle, co. Tipperary, and by her (who d. 1877) has, with other issue, Alexander De la

Pere, b. 1857; educated at Trinity
College, Dublin (B.A. 1878).
THOMAS.

THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, Esq., Q.C., was the fourth son. He represented Frontenac

in the House of Commons from the Union until his death; m. Helen, daughter of Alexander Fisher, Esq., judge of the Midland district, and d. March, 1870, leaving issue, the above LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE AIREY KIRKPATRICK.

Crest used-A hand holding a dagger in pale, distilling drops of blood ppr. MottoI mak sicker.

Residence-Closeburn, Kingston, Ontario,

Canada.

LA

Labertouche of Melbourne.

ABERTOUCHE, PETER PAUL, Esq. of Melbourne, Victoria, B.A. (Trinity College, Dublin), secretary for Victorian (Government) Railways, b. 1st November, 1825; m. 22nd February, 1859, Eleanor Annie, daughter of Henry Scales, Esq. (whose family estates are in Kerry, Ireland), by Eleanor Cadden, his wife (of a Galway family), and by her (who was b. in New South Wales) has issue,

1. Guy Neal Landale, b. 21st June, 1871; educated at Westminster School, London.

I. Pauline Harriette Ellie, unm.

II. Ethel Adelaide, m. 1887, Augustus Pelham Brooke Loftus, Esq., late
A.D.C. to the governor of New South Wales, second son of the

Right Hon. Sir Augustus William Frederick Loftus, P.C., G.C.B., governor of New South Wales 1879-85, and sometime ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, and grandson of John, second Marquess of Ely, but by him (who was b. 6th July, 1851) has as yet no issue.

Mr. Labertouche has resided in Melbourne for more than 36 years.

Lineage.

The ancestors of Mr. P. P. Labertouche were, according to tradition, titled Huguenots, holding estates near Toulouse, and, continues the tradition, were forced to leave France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The name is believed to have then been De Laberatouche. Mr. Labertouche's grandfather lived and died in the county of Wexford, Ireland, leaving a son,

ABEL LABERTOUCHE, Esq. of Dublin, merchant and shipowner, who m. about 1817, Harriette Hodgkinson, daughter of the viceprovost of Trinity College, Dublin. She d. in 1838. He d. in 1858, having had issue,

1. Abel William, of Dublin, notary public, m. Elizabeth Anne Moody, and has a daughter, Harriette.

II. PETER PAUL, now of Melbourne.

III. George Evans, resident in New
South Wales, unm.

1. Maria, m. first, James Williams, Esq.
of Meath, Ireland, and by him has a
daughter, Florence. She m. secondly,
W. G. Kent, Esq. of Dublin, solicitor,
but by him has no issue.

II. Sarah, m. Neal Browne, Esq. of
Mayo, Ireland, and d. leaving issue,
one son, Dodwell Francis, resident in
Ceylon.

III. Helen, m. Andrew Reid, Esq., and
d. leaving one son, Alexander.
IV. Kate, unm.

v. Elizabeth Ann, unm.

Residence-Melbourne, Victoria.

MING

Minchin of Woodburn.

INCHIN, EDWARD CORKER, Esq. of Woodburn, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, b. 26th January, 1821; m. 25th March, 1845, Sarah Anne Birch, only child of William Henry Hutchinson, Esq. of Rockforest, co. Tipperary, Ireland, by Sarah Birch, his wife, and has issue,

I. William, b. 26th March, 1846; m. Susan Longden, and has issue, seven sons and one daughter.

II. John Birch, C.E., b. 2nd March, 1849; m. Lastenia del Pozo, and has issue, two sons and one daughter.

1. Rebecca, b. September, 1847; m. her cousin, Johnstone Thomas Stoney, Esq. of Emell Castle, King's Co., Ireland, J.P., and by him (who d. 7th March, 1875) has issue, a daughter, Rebecca Sarah Minchin. When resident in Ireland, Mr. Minchin was a J.P. for co. Tipperary. He emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1852. The Rockforest Estate came to Mr. Minchin in right of his wife, but as the property was very heavily encumbered, it was sold during the famine years, 1847-52, and is now the property of Captain William Gibson, brother of Lord Ashbourne, the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Lineage.

The Minchin family first settled in Ireland, some centuries ago, at Ballinakill Castle, near Roscrea, co. Tipperary, where they held considerable estates.

WILLIAM MINCHIN, Esq., by his wife (who was a daughter of John Fitzgibbon, of Mount Shannon, co. Limerick, barrister-atlaw and M.P., and sister of John, Earl of

Clare, Lord Chancellor of Ireland), had issue,

WILLIAM MINCHIN, Esq. of Greenhills, co. Tipperary (which estate had been the property of the family for several generations, and was sold in the Encumbered Estates Court in 1852), J.P., m. Rebecca, daughter of John Minchin, Esq. of Busherstown, King's Co., high sheriff of that county, 1768 (see MINCHIN OF BUSHERSTOWN in Burke's Landed Gentry); and d. in 1831, having had by her (who d. December, 1829) four sons and five daughters, viz.,

I. WILLIAM (REV.), of whom presently.
II. John, captain 9th Lancers, d. young.
III. Charles, in the Royal Engineers, was
present at Waterloo.

IV. Richard, d. young.

1. Dora, m. Major Rolleston, of Frankfort Castle, King's Co.

II. Alicia, m. Thomas Mahon, Esq. of co. Clare.

III. Maria, m. Rev. Thomas Westrop, of co. Limerick.

IV. Rebecca, m. Rev. William Young, rector of Clare, co. Clare.

v. Eliza, m. Rev. Charles Driscoll.

The eldest son,

Co.

REV. WILLIAM MINCHIN, of Greenhills, Tipperary, m. 1815, Mary Anne, daughter of Corker Wright, Esq. of Rutland, King's Co., J.P., and d. in 1869, having had by her (who d. in 1842),

EDWARD CORKER, now of Woodburn.
John, C.E., m. first, Clementina Holmes,
and by her has issue, one daughter;
and secondly, Mary Sundius, and by
her has issue, one daughter.
Henry Paul, m. Lavinia, daughter of the
Rev. Alfred Fennell, and has issue,
three sons and two daughters.
Corker Wright, m. Amy, daughter of
Captain Peter Brown, and has issue,
three sons and three daughters.

Richard, m. first, Ellen Ocock, and by her has issue, two sons and three daughters; and secondly, Ellen MeGeorge.

Frederic, unm.

Charles Humphrey, m. Edith Fennell,
and has issue, one son.
Thomas Mahon, m. Zara, daughter of
Rev. William Guinness, and has issue,
three sons and three daughters.
Dorothea, m. first, Patrick Savage, Esq.,
and by him has issue, two sons; and
secondly, Rev. James Hildebrand, and
by him has issue, one daughter.
Elizabeth Lucy, m. first, James John-
stone Stoney, Esq., J.P., and by him
has issue, one son and one daughter;
and secondly, George Andrews, Esq.,
and by him has issue, one daughter.
Amelia, m. John Alexander Corrie Bos-
well, Esq., and has issue, three sons.
Rebecca, m. first, her cousin, Captain
William Minchin, of the 95th Regi-
ment; secondly, Rev. Haynes Jeffers,
and by him has issue, one son and one
daughter; and thirdly, Captain George
Gideon, and has issue by him, one

son.

Lucy, m. Captain Edward Algernon
Blackett, R.N., and has issue, three
sons and three daughters.
Maria Frederica, m. Michael John
Burke, Esq., and has issue, two sons
and one daughter.

Ellen, m. Henry Nicholls, Esq., and has
issue, six sons and two daughters.

Arms used-Erm., a chevron with two couple-closes gu., between three fleurs-de-lis, az. Crest-A dexter naked arm embowed ppr., holding in the hand a baton or. MottoRegarde à la mort.

Residence-Woodburn, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

SITU

Stuart of Sydney.

TUART, THOMAS PETER ANDERSON, Esq. of the University, Sydney, New South Wales, M.D. of Edinburgh and Sydney Universities, professor of physiology, dean of the faculty of medicine, fellow of the Senate of the University, director of the Prince Alfred Hospital, member of the Medical Board of the Colony, &c., &c.; b. at Dumfries, Scotland, 1856; m. 1882, Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Ainslie, Esq. of Dodridge, near Dalkeith, Edinburgh, but by her (who d. 1886) has no issue. Professor Stuart was educated first at the Dumfries Academy, afterwards proceeded to Wolfenbüttel, Germany, and, on his return to Scotland, entered the Edinburgh University, where he carried off many prizes, graduating with first class honours as bachelor in medicine and master in surgery in 1880, and was sometime prosector in the anatomical department of that University.

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