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 BURKE'S COLOXTAL GENTRY, 14c Mr. Wrixon arrived in Australia in 1850 ; in 1858 returned to Ireland, and was educated at the University of Dublin ; called to the Irish Bar in 1860 , returned to Victoria in 1863, where he was admitted to the Bar towards the end of that year ; was junior counsel in the celebrated cases of the Queen v. Beaney, aud Cornish and Bruce v. the Queen, when a verdict was recorded for 260,000l. In 1868 he was returned for Belfast, in 1870 took office as solicitor- general in the McCulloch Ministry, and in February, 1886, was appointed attorney-general, which office he vacated in 1890. In 1871 he brought in and carried " The Criminal Law Amendment Bill." Lineage. This family lived at Ballygiblin, co. Cork, Ireland, and the progenitor in that kingdom is said to have been a soldier who came over with Cromwell. Henry Wrixon, Esq. of Ballygiblin, co. Cork, had a sister Mrs. Anne Samuels, as appears by his will dated 13th April, 1714, which was proved 9th October, 1714. By Catherine, his wife, he had issue, I. Nicholas, of whom presently. II. Robert, of Killroe, co. Cork, d. 1750. By Mary, his wife, he had issue, besides two daughters (the elder of whom m. . . . Bullen, Esq., and the younger m. Alderman William Win- throp, by whom she had a daughter, Bridget), two sons, Henry and Robert. III. John, of Blossam Fort, co. Cork, d. 1744. He had issue, 1. Henry, of Blossam Fort, d. 1778 ; 2. Robert, of Cork, d. 1768, having had, by Mildred, his wife, John, Benjamin, father of Henry, and Bridget; and 3. John, Alderman of Cork, whose daughter, Elizabeth, m. .. Hannings, Esq. IV. Henry, of Glenfleld, co. Cork, d. 1732, having had by Mary, his wife, sister of John Yeamans, Esq. : 1. Yea- mans ; 2, Henry, of Glenfleld ; 3, John; 4. Edmond; 5. Nicholas; I.Mary; 2. Catherine ; 3. Susanna; 4. Dionisia ; and 5. Alicia. I. Ellinor, m. Roger Crofts, Esq., and had a daughter, Alicia. II. Alicia, m. .. . Freeman, Esq. III. Adavighter, m. .. . Lake, Esq., by whom she had a son, Henry. Nicholas Wrixox, Esq. of Ballygiblin, m. the daughter of Charles Bastable, Esq. of Castlemagner, and sister of Arthur Bas- table, Esq., and John Bastable, Esq., and d. 1740, leaving issue, a daughter. Charity (who m. Arthur- Lysaght, Esq., brother of John, Lord Lisle), and a son, Henry Nicholas Wrixon, Esq. of Assolas, CO. Cork, who m. Anne, daughter of William Mansfield, Esq., and d. 1794, leaving, besides a daughter, Mary (who d. 1810, having m. 30th May, 1772, as his 1st wife, William Hare, Esq., who was elevated to the peerage, 31st July, 1800, as Baeon Ennismoee, CO. Keeey; and furtlier created Viscount ENNISMORE AND LISTOWEL, 15th January, 1816; and Earl of Lis- TOWEL, 5th February, 1822. See Burke's Peerage), a son, William Wrixon, Esq. of Ceoilsk, co. Cork, who m. Mary, daughter of John Town- send Becher, Esq. of Annisgrove (by Mary, his wife, daughter of the Rev. Morgan Donovan), and sister and heir of Henry Becher, Esq. of Creagh, both co. Cork, and had issue, William, of Ballygiblin, b. in 1780; assumed the additional surname and arms of Becher, and was created a baronet, 30th September, 1831. He m. at Kilfane, co. Kilkenny, 18th De- cember, 1819, the very celebrated actress, Elizabeth, daughter of John O'Neill, Esq., and d. October, 1850, his widow dying 29th October, 1872. His son is the present Sir Henry Wrixon- Becher, Bart., of Balygiblin, CO. Cork. See Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. Henry. John Michael, barrister-at-law. Nicholas, in holy orders. Marianne, m. to Thomas Harris, Esq. of Bathview, Mallow, co. Cork, and has several children. Jane Charlotte. Georgiana, m. to Robert De la Cour, jun., of Fairy Hill, co. Cork, Esq. Arthur Nicholas Wrixon, of the Dragoon Guards, believed to be a descendant of the family of Wrixon of Ballygiblin, m. Maria Bentley, by whom he had a son. Judge Arthur Nicholas Wrixon, of Barker's-road, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, and afterwards of Harcourt-street, Dublin, Ire- land, who was b. in 1810; emigrated to Australia in 1850, but afterwards returned to Ireland ; m-. in 1832, Charlotte Matilda, daughter of Captain William Bace, of Fair View, Clontarf, Dublin (who fought under Wellington throughout the Peninsular War, was, for a short time, in command of his regiment at Toulouse, and received the Toulouse gold medal), and d. in Ireland, 1861, having had by her (who was b. in 1821, and d. in Ireland, 1859), I. William Henry, of Barker's-road, Kew, Melbourne, J. in 1833; ««m. II. Arthur Nicholas, episcopal minister in the United States, b. in 1835 ; unm. III. Henry John (Hon.), now of Raheen. Residence — Raheen, Studley Park-road Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.