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 248 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 1868, at Launccston, and was buried in Fin- gal Cemetery), besides a daughter (Rose, who m. Thomas Montague Hammond, Esq. of Lindisfern, Victoria, now deceased, having had issue, of whom survive, Caroline and Jessie), a son, the late James Q-eant, Esq. Arms used — Ou. three antique crowns or. Crest — A mount fired ppr. Motto — Stand fast. Residence (of the late James Grant, Esq.) — TuUochgorum, Fingal, Tasmania. Club — Tasmanian, Hobart, Tasmania. Ustate — 14,000 acres. Jpamtlg of M^bt. The first recorded anoostor of this family is Adam Le Neve, of Q.iiedenham, co. Nor- folk, living temp. Edwaed I. The family were afterwards of Tivetshall, in the same county, temp. Heney IV ; of Ringland, co. Norfolk, temp. Heney VII ; subsequently of Cavendish, co. Suffolk, and St. Martin's-in- the-Kelds, co Middlesex ; of Thornton-le- More, CO. Lincoln, temp. Geoege I ; and latterly of Tenterden, co. Kent. Of this family were Sir William Le Neve, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms. John Le Neve, of Cavendish, co. Suffolk, and of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, co. Middle- sex ; m. Catharine, third daughter and co- heir of Rice Griffith, of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, and d. at Hammersmith, co. Middlesex, in 1654, leaving issue, amongst whom were Richard, second son (who was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy as early as 1666, and re- ceived his captain's commission 4th August, 1671 ; slain on hoard his own frigate, the " Edgar," during an engagement with the Dutch, on the 11th August, 1673, aged 27 years, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, 29th August, 1673. His nuncupative will was proved 16th August, 1673, by his brother John) ; and John, fourth and youngest son. His widow re-m. 29th January, 1662 — 3, Robert Hope, Esq., chief clerk of the spicer- ies to Kings Chaeles I and II, and d. 25th July, 1682, and was buried 29th July follow- ing, in Westminster Abbey. Mr. Le Neve's fourth and youngest son. John Le Nete, b. 10th January, 1649 — 50 ; m. first, Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Monk, of Potheridge, co. Devon, elder brother of General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albe- marle, and by her (who d. of small-pox on the 12th of May, 1677, and was buried 15th May, following, in the north aisle of West- minster Abbey) had an only child, Mary, who lived only twenty-four hours. He m. secondly, 20th June, 1678, at the Bishop of London's Chapel in Aldersgate-street, Lon- don, Amy, daughter of John Bent, Esq. of Paternoster-row, citizen and merchant taylor of London, by Ann, his wife, daughter of John Newton, Esq. of Houghton-on-the- Hill, CO. Leicester. She was b. and baptised at St. Faith's, London, 29th August, 1655 ; d. 12th December, and was buried 17th De- cember, 1687, in the north aisle of Westmin- ster Abbey. He d. 26th July, and was buried 2nd August, 1693, in the north aisle of West- minster Abbey, behind the organ, leaving by his second wife an only son, John (the author of Fasti EcclesicB Anglicana) ,yfiora his father left to the guardianship of his covisin, Peter Le Neve, Norroy, who placed him at Eton, and afterwards at Cambridge. His career was an extravagant one : having the command of ample means and large estates in various counties, he parted with them before he was 32 years old, and was compelled to seek a living by his pen. Ultimately the Bishop of Ely presented him with the living of Thorn- ton-le-More, to which he was installed, 2nd January, 1722. He d. about 1741, leaving a son, John, b. 1715, who, on attaining his majority, on account of his family misfor- tunes, migrated to Kent and settled at Ten- terden, at which time he dropped the prefix, Le, from his name. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Caroline Geant, tiee Nbve, the mother of the late James Grant, Esq. The present representative of the family is William T. Neve, Esq. of Osborne Lodge, Cranbrook, co. Kent, a retired solicitor, and first cousin to the late Mr. James Grant. Arms of Le Neve — Arg. on a cross sa. five fleurs-de-lis of the field. Crest — Out of a ducal coronet or a lily arg., stalked, leaved, and seeded gold. Motto — Sola proba quse honesta. HAMILTON, HON. THOMAS FERRIER, of EldersHe, New Qisborne, Bourke co., Victoria, Australia, J. P., president of the West Bourke Agricultural Society, and late member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, b. 1823 ; in. 1853, Elizabeth Milner, daughter of the late Judge Stephen, of New Zealand, and has had issue, I. John Ferrier, h. 1854, m. November, 1S80, Isabel Grant, but has no issue.