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 BDRKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 331 Arms — Gu., three escalloiis or. Crest — A bull pass, guard, ppr. Motto — Duni vivo spero. Residence — Mount Irob, Hadspon, Tas- mania. aSratrtron ot CrtfllitJ). BRADDON, HON. SIR EDWARD NICHOLAS COVENTRY, K.C.M.G., of Treglith, Forth, Tasmania, agent-general for Tasmania since 1st November, 1888, formerly in the Indian Service as inspector-general of registration and commissioner of excise and stamps ; member of the House of Assembly, Tasmania, for West Devon, 29th July, 1879, to 30th November, 1888 ; leader of opposition 1886 — 7 ; and minister of lands, works, and educa- tion 1887—8; created K.C.M.G. 1891 ; b. 11th June, 1829 ; went to Tasmania in 1878 ; m. first, 24th October, 1857, Amy Georgina, daughter of William Palmer, Esq. of Purneah, India, landowner, and by her has, I. Edward George, b. 13th December, I860. II. Henry Yule, b. 24th April, 1863. I. Ethel Annie, m. F. B. Mulvell, Esq. of the Bengal civil service. II. Amy Frances Georgina, to. C. F. Knyvett, Esq., district superin- tendent of police, India. III. Margaret, to. M. Nethersole, Esq., engineer on stafE of Ganges Canal. IV. Alice Gertrude, unm. He m. secondly, 16th October, 1876, Alice Harriet, daughter of J. Smith, Esq. of London. ILineagE. Tliis family in ancient times came out of Northumberland, and the first member to reside in Cornwall was a Stephen Braddon. Stephen Braddon, Esq., barrister of the Inner Temple, of l>eworgey, in St. Grennys, Cornwall, was elected M.P. for Bossiney, 1 Queen ELliiABETH (1558), and again in the 5th of the same reign. His grandson, William Bkaddon, Esq., rebuilt the old house of Treworgey, as appears from his initials still to be seen thereon, cut in granite. He was M.P. for Cornwall 1651, was a com- mander in the civil wars, and a prominent magistrate, and hence originated the lines on his tombstone : " In War and Peace I bore command, Both sword and gown I wore." He d. at Treworgey, 3rd January, 1694, and was buried within the altar rails in St. Gennys Church, leaving, by Ann, his wife (who d. 21st October, 1672), two sons and one daughter, viz., I. Henet. II. Lawrence, barrister of the Middle Temple, who, in 1683, was tried as an accomplice with Hugh Speke, for spreading a report that the Earl of Essex had been murdered in the Tower, contrary to the inquisition taken after his death, which found that he had destroyed himself. Mr. Braddon was fined £2,000, and the Treworgey property seized by the Crown. He j)leaded his own defence, and afterwards published a pamphlet on the subject entitled : The Earl of Essex's Iiiiiocency, and Honour Vindi- cated in a Letter to a Friend. I. Ann, in. Mr. Harrington, of Devon, grandson of Sir John Harrington, Xnt., godson of Queen Elizabeth. The elder son, Henet Braddon, Esq., d. at Treworgey, 26th September, 1711, leaving a son, Rev. John JBeaddon, who, in 1713, was inducted to the livings ot LulHncott and St. Griles-on-the-Heath, Devon. He m. Mary, daughter of Nicholas Hill, Esq. of Grimscott, Cornwall, and left two sons and three daugh- ters. The elder son, John Beaddon, Esq., m. Mary, only child of Richard Martyn, Esq. of Melford, Devon, and d. at Melford, 1788, leaving thi-ee sons and a daughter, I. William, of Treglith, Cornwall, m. 1774, Margaret, daughter of John