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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 315 Thomas Skene, Esq., removed from Blackdog to the adjacent farm of Fife, and m. Elspett Browne, by whom he had issue, I. Thomas, m. Mary GLlderoy, and d. in 1851, having had issue one son and one daughter, viz., Thomas Alexander, grain merchant, Aberdeen; and Isa- bella. II. David, of Langseat, m. Eliza, sister to the late Dr. Milne, for many years rector of the Dollar Academy, and by her had issue, besides four daughters, one son, Thomas, of Krongart, Penoia, South Australia, m. 3rd July, 1866, Eachael, youngest daughter of the late John MoKellar, Esq. of Knebsworth, Victoria, Australia (by Eachel, his wife, daughter of Thomas Harkness, Esq.), and sister of Thomas McKellar, Esq. of Streathkellar and Croxton, Hamilton, Victoria, and of Lerags, Oban, CO. Argyll, Scotland, J.P. in Victoria, and late member of the Legislative Council of Victoria (see McKellae op Steath- KBLLAK, CeOXTON, AND LeEAGS), and d. 25th November, 1885, having had three sons and five daughters, 1. David, of Krongart, Penoia, South Australia, b. 10th No- vember, 1872. 2. John McKellar, h. 1st Octo- ber, 1874. 3. Thomas, h. 1st January, 1878. 1. Eachel Barbara. 2. Jean Edith. 3. Ann. 4. Margaret Mary. 5. Katharine. III. Alexander, farmer in Fife, d. unm. IV. William (Hon.), of whom pre- sently. V. Lawrence, bank agent in Portree, m. Jane Tolmie, and d. leaving four sons and two daughters. I. Jane, m. John Craighead, Esq. of Tarbathill. II. Eliza, m. John Jenkins, Esq. The fourth son, Hon. William Skene, of Skene, Hamil- ton, Victoria, member of the Legislative Council for the Western Province (returned in 1870), I. 1st June, 1809 ; landed in Vic- toria in 1840, and engaged in pastoral pur- suits. In 1843, in conjunction with the late Thomas Eobertson, of Mount Mitchell, Vic- toria, he purchased the Mount Mitchell and Maiden Hills Stations from the Messrs. Lear- month, late of Ercildoune, the name of the firm being Eobertson and Skene. In 1849, in conjunction with Mr. Dinwoodie, of Mel- bourne, he purchased the Pierrepoint Station, near Hamilton. In 1851 he dissolved part- nership mtb Mr. Eobertson, when the latter retained possession of the Mount Mitchell property, and Mr. Skene bought the Kana- walla and Plains Stations, near Hamilton, from Messrs. Lockhart and Mercer. He altered the name of " The Plains " to " Skene," and retained possession of it until the day of his death. He m. 6th July, 1843, Jane, elder daughter of the late Thomas Eobertson, Esq. of Mount Mitchell, and by her (who was b. 5th July, 1816, and d. 25th March, 1877) had issue, I. Thomas, now of Marnoo. II. William Eobertson, b. 24th May, 1850; lessee of the Strathkellar and Croxton Estates, near Hamilton, J.P. for the Western Bailiwick of Victoria ; TO. 1st, in 1875, Elizabeth, second daughter of James Eobertson, Esq. of Aberfeldie, Essendon, Victoria, and by her (who d. 15th June, 1876) has a daughter, 1. Elizabeth Eobertson, J. 5th June, 1876. He m. secondly, 15th July, 1879, Clara Sibbald, sixth daughter of the late Alexander Anderson, Esq., M.D., of Jedburgh, Scotland, and by her has issue, 1. Curtis Gillespie, S. 16th April, 1880. 2. Clarence Sibbald, b. 9th May, 1881. 3. Lawrence, b. 26th August, 1882. 2. Gertrude Agnes, b. 23rd March, 1886. III. David Alexander, of Pierrepoint, Hamilton, Victoria, lieutenant in Vic- torian Moimted Infantry, b. 1st August, 1855 ; m. 7th November, 1888, Lilias, only daughter of the late John Prendergast Hamilton, P.M. (by Agnes, his wife, daughter of James Buchanan, Esq.), fourth son of the late Colonel John Ferrier Hamilton, 3rd Dragoon Guards, of Cairnhill, co. Ayr, and Westport,co. Linlithgow, Scotland, J.P. and D.L. (see Hamilton of Eldeeslie). IT. John Lawrence, b. 30th March, 1859; d. 15th Mav, 1868. I. Ann, b. 21st jiily, 1844; d. 8th August, 1844. II. Jane Catherine, b. 25th January, 1848 ; TO. 27th November, 1867, David McKellar, Esq. of Brooksdale, Tapanui, Otago, New Zealand, of the Nacimiento Kanche, State of Coahuila, Mexico, and of New Mexico, U.S.A., second son of John McKellar, Esq. of Knebs- worth, Victoria (by Eachel, his wife, daughter of Thomas Harkness, Esq.), and younger brother of Thomas McKellar, Esq. of Strathkellar, Crox- ton, and Lerags, aforesaid {see that family), and has issue, one son and six daughters. III. Margaret, b. 30th October, 1852; m. 20th April, 1879, Louis Whyte, Esq. of Meltham, Victoria, and d. in London, 19th July, 1879. Arms—Giu., three skenes (or daggers) pale-