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 292 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. Broad of Nelson. BROAD, HIS HONOUR LOWTHER, of Ronaki, Nelson, New Zealand, district judge, Nelson, and barrister-at-law, b, at Kensington, co. Middlesex, England, 24th December, 1840, m. 3rd October, 1867, Isabella Mary, second daughter of Henry Bunny, Esq., deputy superintendent and provincial secretary for the Province of Wellington, and member of the New Zealand parliament for Wairarapa, by Catharine, his wife, daughter of the late William Baker, Esq. of Speen-hill, Newbury, co. Berks, England, and has had issue, I. Edmund Lowther, b. 27th October, 1870. II. Charles Harrington, b. 5th October, 1872. HI. Edward William, b. 30th April, 1875. IV. John Henry Chareyre, b. 5th August, 1877. V. George Arthur, b. April, 1879. VI. Francis Rupert, b. 5th December, 1883 ; d. 1886. vii. Nowell, b. 25th December, 1887. I. Isobel Laura Mary, 6. 23rd December, 1868. II. Catharine Zita, b. 11th June, 1881. Lineage. The family of Broad, variously spelt Brode, Broade, and Broad, became divided ; one branch, it is believed, settled in Bute, Scotland, and another in Cornwall, England. Charles Broad, Esq. of Oaklands House, Shepherd's Bush, London, m. Sara, daughter of James Lowther, Esq., assistant secretary of the General Post Office, and was father of Rev. John Broad, M.A., of Bancroft House, Hitchin, co. Herts, who d. 1858. He m. Eliza, daughter of John Brooker, Esq., and by her (who d. 1879) had issue, Charles, m. Leonora, daughter of F. Evelyn Liardet, Esq., and d. 1879, leaving issue three sons and four daughters. Lowther (His Honour), of Ronaki, Nelson. Arthur, m. Mary, daughter of John West, Esq. Harrington, m. Zillah, daughter of P. Broad, Esq. of Reigate, co. Surrey, and has issue. Alfred, m. the daughter of H. Beale, Esq. of Billericay, co. Essex. Ernest, m. Bessie, daughter of P. Broad, Esq. of Reigate, co. Surrey, and has issue. John, umm. Clara, m. Richard Badger, Esq. of Stan- ford, co. Bedford, and d. 1855, leaving issue a son and a daughter. Mary, m. R. Lush, Esq., and has issue. Caroline, m. Gilbert Archer, Esq., and has issue. Emily, m. Francis Cooke, Esq. of Rich- mond, co. York, and has issue, Frank Herbert, b. 1863. Jessie, m. W. H. Horton, Esq., and has issue. Alice Grace, m. H. Brownsmith, Esq., and has issue. Lucilla, unm. Arms used — Arg. a pale sa., in fesse three lozenges counterchanged. Crest — A demi savage, holding in the dexter hand three arrows, and pointing with the sinister to an imperial crown. Motto — Fortior leone justus. Residence — Ronaki, Nelson, New Zealand. Crawford of Miramar. CRAWFORD, the late JAMES COUTTS, Esq. of Miramar, Wel- lington, New Zealand, and formerly of Overton, co. Lanark, Scotland, captain New Zealand Militia and 1st Lanark Militia, and sometime member