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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 309 t. Catherine Amelia, b. 13th October, 1859 ; m. 21st January, 1884, Jamea Wilkie Liddell, Esq. late of Glasgow, and has one child. II. Susannah Evelyn, b. 25th November, 18G1 ; imm. III. Laura Louisa Evelyn, b. 17th September, 1863 ; d. 28th June, 1874. IV. Louisa Sylva Evelyn, b. 22nd September, 1865; m. John C. H. Moffitt, Esq. V. Frances Ellen Evelyn, b. 7th August, 1867; m. 3rd November, 1886, Alfred Alexander, Esq. VI. Ada Evelyn, b. 7th February, 1870 ; unm. Hineaae. This family of Wright came from the county of Chester, England. Mr. S. E. L. Wright is a lineal descendant of John Evelyn, Esq. of Wotton, co. Surrey, author of Sylva, Diary, &c., &c., and great great grandson of the gallant Captain FoETUNATUs WEIGHT, E.N., some of whose heroic deeds are related in Kingston's Popu- lar History of the British Navy, in Hume and Smollett's Historg of England, in a small volume by J. N. Langton, and in Eraser's Magazine for October, 1881. Cap- tain Wright's daughter Philippa m. Chaeles Evelyn, Esq., and their son, Sir Hugh Evelyn, who d. in 1848, was the last baronet in that family. Sir Hugh's sister, Susanna Peideaux, m. at St. James's Church, West- minster, CO. Middlesex, 21st February, 1878, John Elwoethy FoETtrNATUS Weight, lieutenant E.N., and had issue, four daugh- ters and two sons, one of whom, John Faithful Foetescue Weight, lieutenant R.M., was h. 31st July, 1786 ; m. 3rd February, ] 822, Louisa Felicia (who was I. 27th October, 1799, and d. 1st February, 1875), daughter of John Liardet, Esq., a major in the army (who d. of fever while serving at Gibraltar), by Perpetue Catherine de Paul de Lamanon d'Albe, his wife (daugh- ter of the Due de Lamanon d'Albe, whose estates, at the time of the Revolution in France, were at Provance, and whose pedigree could be traced from the foundation of Rome. The name in Italian and Spanish is Alva, and Albe in French, as it now stands) ; and brother of Captain Francis Liardet, R.N., who was 6. at Chelsea, co. Middlesex, 14th June, 1798. Lieutenant Wright entered the Navy 14th June, 1809 ; in the following year joined the " Belvidera," and on the occasion of that vessel's celebrated escape from a powerful squadron under Commodore Kod- gers, in North American waters, was slightly wounded, he being then midshipman. After serving in several other vessels, and seeing much active service, we find Mr. Liardet evincing a conspicuous degree of bravery, skill, and perseverance in the suppression of piracy, and in the performance of those duties received two severe gun-shot wounds, long before his recovery from which, he re- sumed the active duties of his profession. As a reward for these services, he was pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant 18th March, 1824, and appointed to the command of the schooner " Lion," in which vessel he suc- ceeded in destroying several piratical esta- blishments on the coast of Cuba, capturing nine piratical vessels. He attained the rank of commander 28th June, 1838, and was appointed to the second-captaincy of the "Powerful" 84, Captain afterwards Sir Charles Napier, in which vessel he assisted, during the war in Syria, in the bombard- ment of St. Jean d'Acre, for which services he was promoted to post-rank 4th November, 1840, and the following year retired on half- pay. On several occasions this officer dis- tinguished himself by saving life at sea, and his bravery was rewarded by medallions from the Royal Humane Society, besides which he has received several war decorations. He was one of the captains of Greenwich Hos- pital when he died, and that institution re- spected his meniory by placing a marble bust of him in the " Painted Hall." His brother, William Liardet, was a lieutenant R.N., h. 29th September, 1794 ; entered the Navy 22nd November, 1806 ; and in the following year, on board the "Redwing," took part in a very spirited action with a division of Spanish gun-boats and several batteries near Cabritta Point, and a little later he was taken prisoner. He rejoined the " Redwing " in 1813, and had charge of a cutter which assisted in cutting out a well-protected con- voy at Morjean. The same year he served in a brilliant attack on the batteries at Cassis, where the British succeeded in capturing two heavy gun-boats and 26 vessels laden with merchandise, two of which were brought out by Mr. Liardet himself. He proved instrumental to the capture of a large number of merchantmen and privateers during the whole term of his attachment to the " Redwing," and was engaged in nearly every boat and battery affair in which that vessel was concerned. Including the occa- sion above alluded to, he was twice taken prisoner by the enemy, although in both instances he was speedily released. After serving in several other ships, lastly, as first-lieutenant on board the " Perseus," he was placed in charge of a station in the Coast Guard, 29th September, 1846. Lieutenant John Faithful Fortescue Wright