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 400 BitRKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14th Febru- ary, 1797 ; was severely wounded in the attack made by Lord Nelson on the Spanish gunboats ofE Cadiz, and served as lieutenant on board the " Elephant," bearing Lord Nelson's flag, at the battle of Copenhagen. For his services on the north coast of Spain, as first lieutenant of the " Arethusa," he had conferred upon him the rank of lieutenant- colonel in the Spanish service. Having had the property of Myrecairnie, in Fifeshire, left to him, he retired from the navy as com- mander, at the conclusion of the war, 1815. He subsequently purchased the property of Vellore, Linlithgowshire, and m. 1817, Helen, daughter of Thomas Littlejohn, Esq. of Stir- ling, N.B., having had issue by her seven sons and seven daughters, viz., I. William (Hon.), of Kilmany Park and Craigellachie. » I TT 1 ' ?• twins, d. in infancy. III. Hugh, J ' •' IV. James, d. in infancy. V. Hugh, lieutenant R.N., d. s.p. VI. Alexander Littlejohn, m. Wilhel- mina, daughter of Boyd A. Cuning- hame, Esq. of The Fultons, Gippsland, Victoria, and d. 1887, leaving surviving issue, five sons and two daughters. VII. Thomas Livingstone, late lieutenant R.N., b. 1833; entered the Royal Navy in 1846, and served in the Baltic, 1854, and the Black Sea, 1855 ; was engaged, in command of the " Hardy," both at Sebastopol and at Kinburn, for which services he was made a knight of the Legion of Honour. He m. 1856, Edith Newman, and has issue two sons and two daugh- ters. I. Christina, m. Worthy Haswell, Esq., M.l)., and had issue, one son and one daughter. II. Jane Campbell. III. Margaret, d. young. IT. Helen, m. James Macknight, Esq., W.S., grandson of James Macknight, Esq., D.D., the well known commen- tator of the Epistles, and had issue, three sons and six daughters. T. Agnes Catherine, m. J. J. Paul, Esq., M.D., late surgeon R.N., and has issue, two sons and two daughters. TI. Mary, d. young. VII. Elizabeth Mary, m. Thomas Michell, Esq., C.B. (created 4th December, 1875), late of the British Embassy and consul at St. Petersburg, and now H.B.M. consul-general for the king- dom of Norway, residing at Christi- ania, which appointment he has held smoe 4th November, 1880. She d. s.p. 1888. Arms— Arg. two daggers az., the pomels divided in chief, and the points enjoined, piercing a man's heart in base ppr., in the honour point a cinquefoil sa. Crest — A tower ppr. Motto — Rather die than disloyal. Residences — Kilmany Park, Sale, Tanjil CO. ; and Craigellachie, East St. Kilda, both in Victoria. Clnbs — Melbourne and Australian, both in Melbourne. END OF VOL. 1. HABBISON AND SONS, PBINTEBS IN OBDINABT TO HEB MAJESTY, ST. MAETIN S lANE.