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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 233 1868; appointed first af?ent-general in England for Victoria, 1867, resigned that post in 1872, and became colonial inspector and general manager of tlie English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, Melbourne, a position which he continues to occupy. He is president of the trustees of the Publin Library, National Gallery, and Museums of Victoria, member of the board of visitors to the Melbourne Observatory, of which he was sometime honorary secretary and chairman; major on the retired list of the local forces of Victoria, and a justice of the peace for the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Sir George represented Victoria at the official reception of the Soudan contingent at Sydney, and was representative of the Royal British Commission at the Melbourne International Centennial Eshi- bition, 1888-89. He is an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers ; hon. member and president, Institute of Architects ; was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1870, invested with the Companionship of the Order of the Bath, 1866, and created K.C.M.G., 1872. Ht'neage. At the G-eneral Survey, Bebteam de Vebditn (stated to have been son of G-odfreye, Comte de Verdun, sur- named "le Caplif ") possessed Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, holding the same by grand serjeanty, viz., by the service of providing a glove on the day of tiie king's coronation for his right hand, and of supijort- ing the monarch's right arm during the same ceremony, so long as he bore the royal sceptre. At the coronation of King G-eoege IV, it is believed that Sir G-. F. Verdon's grandfather was named as the person quali- fied by descent for this service, but being too old and infirm to attend the Court, it was performed by some representative Irish peer on his behalf. Bertram had three sons. I. NoEMAN, his heir. II. Milo, d. in Ireland. III. William, of Brisingham, co. Nor- folk, witness to a charter a.d. 1100, ancestor of the Veedons of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Northampton. The re- presentative of the Verdons of Bri- singham, John de VEEDiTTf, a minor at his father's decease, m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Simon Filz de Lisle, of Brixworth, co. North- ampton, and d. circa 1300, having bad issue, 1. John, d. circa 1303. 2. Thomas, Lord of Brising- ham, Brixworth, &e., d. 9th Edwabd II, leaving a son, John (Sir), Knt., of Mar- thesham, co. Suffolk (having removed from Brisingham), who, dying 1346, left by Maud, his wife, three sons, 1. Thomas (Sir), on whom Brixworth was settled in 1329 ; he d. v.p, leaving by his wife, Alice, an only son, Thomas, who d. s.p., before 25th Edwaed III. 2. John (Sir), was summoned to par- liament as a baron, from 27th January, 1332, to 22nd Jan- uary, 1336, and again 25tli Febru- ary, 1342. He m. twice : by Maud, his first wife, he had a son, Edmund, who d. s.p., v.p., andauda,ugh- ter, Margaret,OT. first to Hugh or Henry Bradshaw ; and se- condly, to Sir John Pilkington ; and by Isabel, his second wife, daughter of Sir John Vise de Lore, he had a daughter, Isabel, m. to Sir Imbert Noon, Knt.,amongst whose heirs-general this barony of Verdon is now in abeyance. 3. Christopher (Su-). 1. Susan, wife of Sir Nicholas Seyton. The eldest son, Norman de Veedon, living 1140, m. Lasceline, daughter of Geoffrey de Clinton, lord chamberlain and treasurer to Xing Henet I, and had issue, I. Bertram, his heir. II. Nicholas, abbot of Burton. III. Eobert, m. Joan, daughter and co- heir of Hem-y de Bourton, of