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 260 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. ever since been engaged in pastoral pursuits. He was appointed, upon tbe separation of Queensland from New South Wales, in 1860, one of the original twelve members of the Legislative Council for five years, and assisted Sir Charles Nicholson and Sir Maurice O'Connell as one of the three Commis- sioners for opening the first Parliament of Queensland ; at the expiration of five years was re-appointed for life to the Upper House ; and has, upon two occasions (when the president was called upon to take the acting governorship), occupied the position of acting president of the Legislative Council of Queensland. HincasE. This family claim McDougall, of Dunolly, as their chief. Andrew and Elizabeth McDougali emigrated from Argyllshire, Scotland, arriv- ing in New South Wales in 1796, and settled upon a grant of land near Parramatta, co. Cumberland; thence their sons and daugh- ters, when of age, located themselves upon their estates (grants from the Crown) of Kelso-plaoe, Uunolly, Lorn, and Mid-Lorn, situated upon the Hunter river. Their elder son, upon the death of his parents, occupied the original estate of Baulkham Hills, near Parramatta, until his death in 1839, when his eldest son, Andrew Louis, came into posses- sion. He m. 31st July, 1819, and by his wife (who d. in 1872) had issue, I. Andrew Louis, who came into posses- sion of tlie Baulkham Hills estate upon the death of his father in 1839, but subsequently removed to Grafton, Clarence river, where he holds the position of police magistrate. He is now in the 70th year of liis age. He m. in 1846, and has issue, three sons and four daughters. II. John Feedeeick (Hon.), now of Rosalie Plains. III. Cyrus, d. leaving issue, two sons and three daughters. IV. Donald, deceased. T. Wallace, deceased. VI. Bruce, d. leaving issue, two sons and one daughter. Tii. Malcolm, d. leaving issue, six sons and two daughters. Till. Kenneth, has issue, three sons and one daughter. I. Elizabeth Maria, unm. Arms used— Quarterly ; st and 4-tTi, az. a lion ramp. arg. ; 2nd and 3rd, or, a lymphad sa. with aflame of flre,ppr., issuing from the topmast. Crest — An arm in armour, em- howed,fessways, couped ppr., holding a cross crosslet fitchee gu. Motto — Yincere vel mori. Residence — Rosalie Plains, Jondaryan, Darling Downs District, Queensland. Estate — 50,000 acres, situated in the Darling Downs District, Queensland. MAC"DAIN, HON. SIR JAMES, K.C.M.G., of Scotsburn, Toorak, I t near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, president of the Legisla- tive Council of Victoria from 1886, youngest son of the late Smith MacBain, of Invergordon, Ross-shire, N.B., by Christina Taylor, his wife ; was h. 19th April, 1828. In 1853, Sir James, having been pi'eviously in business in Inverness, Scotland, left England by the s.s. " Great Britain " for Melbourne, where he arrived on the 14th October of that year, and soon afterwards obtained an engagement in the bank of New South Wales. A few years later he relinquished this appoiatment and became the Melbourne managing partner of the mercantile and squatting agency firm, Gibbs, Ronald & Co., and in 1863 he became partner in the firm of Gibbs, Ronald & Co., Gee- long, and Richard Gibbs & Co., of London. The business acquired by these firms was, in 1865, sold to the Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Com- pany, Limited, Mr. MacBain for some time continuing the management of the business in Melbourne. He afterwards became a director of that Com- pany. He is a director of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered