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 2i>4 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. I. George Hannibal Charles, commander R.N., b. 24th April, 1850 ; m. Kate Maria Ewer, of Salisbury, and by her (who was b. 12th August, 1849) has issue, Lionel George, b. 20th April, 1876. Alan George, b. 26th May, 1877. Violet Kate, b. 15th September, 1878. Olive Kate, b. 30th May, 1881. Marjorie Kate, b. 27th May, 1883. II. Robert Broughton, b. 25th July, 1851, d. 9th May, 1852. III. Arthur Gordon, b. 7th January, 1854, d. 15th January, 1855. I. Margaret Isabella, b. 21st August, 1863, m. 5th February, 1889, Walter Sigismund Brown, Esq., M.R.C.S. England, second son of Walter Brown, Esq., M.D., of Bridlington, Pnrramatta. II. Annie Catherine, b. 25th September, 1867. Etneage. The Macartliurs were originally the chiefs of the clan Campbell. The first appearance of the Campbells is in the reign of Alexander II of Scotland. The most ancient MS. genealogies attest their Gaelic origin. When iirst mentioned we find them divided into two great families, after- wards distinguislied by the patronymics of Macarthur and MaoCailinmore. Till the reign of Robert Bruce the Campbells did not possess a heritable right to any property in Argyllshire. The situation of the Mac- arthur branch at this time was very different, for we find them in possession of a very ex- tensive territory in the earldom of G-armoran, the original seat of the clan. It is, there- fore, impossible to doubt that Macarthur was at tliis time the head of the elan. This posi- tion he appears to have maintained until the reign of James I of Scotland. In 1487, when this monarch summoned his parliament at Inverness for the piurpose of entrapping the highland chiefs, John Macarthur was one of those who fell into the snare and seems to have been amongst the few specially devoted to destruction. He was beheaded along with Alexander the Lord of Garmoran, and his whole property forfeited with the exception of " Strachur," and some lands in Perthshire, which remained to his descendants. His position at the head of the clan is sufficiently pointed out by the historian. Bower, who calls him " Princeps Magnum apud suos, et dux Mille Nominum." Macarthur of Strachur was chief of the clan Campbell previous to 1427, since which date the oldest cadet, MacCailinmore of Campbell of Loch Arve, now Duke of Argyle, has filled that position, not by right of de- scent, but by feudal and territorial power. John Macarthur, Esq. of Strachur, Loch Arve, N.B., was slain at Culloden. He had seven sons (all of whom fought at Culloden Moor, a.d. 1746) : — i. Charles, who uiort- gagen his estate to the MacCailinmore or Argyle family. He had issue, two sons, 1. Charles, in whose time the Strachur mort- gage fell due and was foreclosed; and, 2. Duncan, who entered the royal navy in 1794 as an assistant surgeon. He eventually rose to the rank of a "pliysician of the fleet," and it was he who attended the great Duke of Wellington at his death ; ii. a son, who, after Culloden, went to Perthshire. His grandson was " Macarthur of Little Mill," Perthshire; ill. a son, whose grandson was " Macarthur of Hinton," a purser in the royal navy. He wrote a book of considerable merit on Naval Courts Martial ; IT. Alexander, of whom presently ; V. a son, also went to Perthshire, after Culloden. His grandson was a lieutenant R.N. ; Tl. a son, supposed to have been killed at Culloden; and Tii. a son, supposed to have gone out to the American colonies. The fourth son, Alexander Macarthur, Esq., fled from Scotland after the battle of Culloden, and apyie.'irs to have taken refuge in the West Indies, whence, after a time, he returned and settled at Devonport, Devonshire, England. He m. a Scotch lady, and by her had two sons, I. James, of whom presently. II. John, of Camden Park, Menangle, Camden co., and of Elizabeth Farm, Paramatta, Cumberland co., both New South Wales, Australia ; b. in 1767, at Plymouth, co. Devon ; and entered the army in 1782, and at the close of the war in 1783 (his regiment having been reduced, and he being put on half -pay) entered upon a course of study to complete his education. After the lapse of some time he pur- chased a captain's commission in the 102nd Regiment, destined for New South Wales ; embarked for Sydney with his young wife and infant son, afterwards General Sir Edward Macarthur, and arrived in Sydney in June, 1790. As early as 1791 he began to turn his attention to agricul-