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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 151 ILtncagE. The Kev. Moset Atkinson, incumbent of Langtoft and curate of Sledmere, co. York, England, great grandfather, of Dr. Harry Leigh Atkinson, was b. in Cumberland, and educated at the College of St. Bees in that county. He subsequently settled in co. York. His son. Mosey Atkinson, Esq., was a solici- tor at Malton, co. York, and m. Elizabeth Sellars, by whom he had issue, I. John, of wliom presently. II. Thomas, of Kilham, co. York, sur- geon, m., and had with other issue, a son, Thomas Parkin, of Kilham, sui'geon. III. William, of Filey, co. York, surgeon, deceased. The eldest son, John Atkinson, Esq. of Weaverthorpe, CO. York, surgeon, h. in 1802 ; m. in 1828, Amelia, daughter of James Wilson, Esq. of Thirkleby, co. York, (she d. April, 1856), and d. 1803, leaving issue, Haery LEiaH, of whom we treat. Residences— ^andhnvit and Terrick Ter- rick West, county of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Esfcites — Terrick Terri'-k West, Auck- more, both co. Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. jMiller tA Sititjat. MILLER, HON. WILLIAM, Q.C., of Auchat, Cape Breton, Canada, senator of tlie Dominion of Canada and ex-speaker of the Senate. He ■was called to the Bar, May, 1860 ; represented the county of Richmond in the Provincial Legislature in 1863 ; was one of the senators named in the Royal Proclamation of Union in 1867 ; appointed Queen's Counsel 1872 ; was twice offered a seat on the bench, which honour he refused ; and was appointed speaker of the Senate, 17th October, 1883, a post he held until the dissolution of Parliament in 1887 ; h. at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 12th February, 1835 ; educated at the Grammar School, St. Andrews, and the Antigonish Academy ; TO. October, 1871, Annie, daughter of the Hon. James Cochran, of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but has no issue. Uincage. This family is of Irish descent, having emigrated from Belfast, Ireland, in 1720, and settled in Maine, U.S. In 1760 some members of the family removed to Maine, Nova Scotia, the great grandfather of the Hon. William Miller having been one of the original grantees of the township of Truro. His grandson, Chaeies Milleb, Esq., h. at Antigonish, in. 182S, Eliza, daughter of Eichard Smith, Esq. of Wicklow, Ireland, and by her (who d. 1887J left at his decease, 1844, Hon. William Millee. Residence — Auchat, Cape Breton, Dominion of Canada. Propeftif — In city of Halifax and Kich- mond CO., Cape Breton. ©libtr of CnUante. OLIVER, HON. RICHARD, of Tolcarne, Maori-hill, near Dunedin, New- Zealand, member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, minister of Public Works, 1879—81 ; member of the Executive Council, without portfolio, 1882—84 ; and postmaster-general, 1884-, h. 21st February, 1830 ; m. 1st, 18th June, 1858, Ellen, daughter of William Purchase, Esq. of Penzance, CO.' Cornwall, England, and 2udly, 19th August, 1885, Louise d'Bste, daughter of J. S. Courtney, Esq. of Alverton House, Penzance, co. Cornwall