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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 227 liiiiglithood, and was made an officer of the Lepou of Honour. In November, 1857, Sir William returned to the colony, and left again for England in connection ■with the London Exhibition of 1862; returned to New South "Wales in March, 1864, and was appointed to a seat in the Legis- lative Council. He d. unm. 29th October, 1882. 1. Elizabeth, b. 1792, d. unm. 1842. 2. Mary, b. 1796, m. 182.3, Dr. James Bowman, principal medical officer of New South Wales, and d. in 1856, having had issue, four sons and one daughter. 3. Emmeliue Emily, m. 1843, Sir Henry Watson Parker, knight (1858), K.C.M.G. (1877), of Sta- well House, Kichniond, eo. Surrey, England, and of the Union Club, London, J. P., b. at Lewisham, co. Kent, 1808; was, in New South Wales, private secretary to Governor Sir George Gipps, 1838- 46 ; crown nominee of the Legis- lative Council, and chairman of committees of the whole Council, 1846-55 ; a representative member of the Legislative Assembly at its first institution, 1856-58 ; crown trustee of the Australian Musevim, 1848-56 ; and official trustee, 1856-57 ; first minister and princi- pal secretary at the first institu- tion of re.'iponsible government, 1856-57, and a member of the Executive Council, 1856-60. He was the foui-th surviving son of Thomas Watson Parker, Esq. of Lewisham, co. Kent, by Mary, his wife, daughter of John Carnell, Esq. of Sevenoaks and of Cor- rendon, Hadlow, both co. Kent. Lady E. E. Parker, d. s.p., 3rd May, 1888. Mr. Alexander Macarthur's elder son, James Macarthije, Esq. of Stoke Damerel, CO. Devon, England, b. 1752 ; m. Catherine, daughter of Hannibal Hawkins, Esq. of Arnvale, co. Cornwall, England (said to be a lineal descendant of Admiral Sir John Haw- kins, temp. Queen Elizabeth), by Elizabeth Earle, his wife, an Irish lady. James Mac- arthur and his wife both d. on the same day, 7th February, 1824, having had foirteen children, viz., I. Hannibal Hawkins, of whom pre- sently. II. James Earle, lieutenant in the 14th Regiment, b. 18th December, 1788 ; m. Anna, daughter of Major Field, of the 14th Regiment of toot, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. III. John, major-general Royal Marines, and was for many years in command at Port Essington, New South Wales, until the settlement was finally aban- doned in 1850, 5.16th March, 1791 ; m. Mary, daughter of Lieutenant James Maearthur, of Haslar Hospital, 6?. 28th July, 1802, having had issue (besides two children who d. in infancy) seven sons, of whom Charles and Edward both attained higli rank in the Royal Marines, and Edward served with distinction at Odessa, in the Crimean War. IV. Charles, lieutenant R.N., b. 2nd March, 1792 ; d. unm., 14th April, 1827. I. Elizabeth, b. 15th June, 1783 ; m. Major Nicholson, R.M., and had issue, one son and three daughters. II. Catherine, b. 16th July, 1784 ; m. 29th March, 1808, Captain John Geary, R.N., who was b. 8th Septem- ber, 1787, at St. Margaret's, co. Kent ; entered the navy, 24th December, 1797 ; master's mate of the '•' Mon- arch," 74 guns, at the Battle of Tra- falgar, where he was wounded ; pro- moted to a lieutenancy, 29th May, 1810 ; afterwards became acting- cajotain of the " Madagascar," and for his great exertions in subsequently saving part of H.M. 90th Regiment, who had been wi'ecked in the " Coun- tess of Harcourt," on the coast of Sicily, was honoui-ed with the thanks of the Governor, Sir F. Ponsonby ; appointed commander 17th February, 1831. Captain Geary, who during the term of his service was several times wounded, succeeded, on different occasions, in saving the lives of three persons who had fallen into the sea, by jumping overboard. He comes from a family eminently naval, his brothers William Charles, Jrancis Daniel, and Joseph Vincent, were all lieutenants in the navy, as were also his maternal uncles, John and Nicho- las Tucker, the latter of whom was for eighteen years attached to the military department of Greenwich Hospital; and amongst his ancestors were Admiral Francis Geary, the cele- brated Captain Percy, who flourished temp. Queen Elizabeth, and Sir Cloudesley Shovel. Captain G-eary had ten children, of whom the second son, William Charles, was a lieutenant R.N. III. Mary, b. 16th September, 1785, twin with Emma, d. uiim. IV. Emma, b. 16th September, 1785, twin with Mary, d. unm. T. Maria, b. 8th November, 1786; d. taim. VI. Caroline, b. 11th April, 1790 ; m. Captain Mends, R.N., and d. 30th May, 1821. VII. Louisa, b. 13th August, 1794; d. an infant. VIII. Ann, b. 21st January, 1796; m. Captain R. Douglas, R.N. and d. in April, 1825, having had issue (be- Q 2