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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 45 GREGORY, HON. AUGUSTUS CHARLES, C.M.G., of Rainworth, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, member of the Legislative Council of Queensland (appointed 1882), was b. at Pamsfield, co. Nottingham, 1st August, 1819; arrived in Western Australia, 1829, and in 1841 entered the Civil Service of that Colony, where he was engaged in surveys and explorations until 1854, in which year he was sent to conduct the exploration of Northern Australia, started by the Imperial Government ; went to Queens- land in 1855, and in 1859 became surveyor-general of that colony, from which post he retired 1st September, 1879. In 1858, he conducted an expedition in search of Leichhardt, and the same year received the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He was appointed trustee of the Queensland Museum, 1876, and created C.M.G., 1875. The Hon. A. C. Gregory is unmarried. Umtaqe. Thomas G-eegobt, Esq., sheriff of Not- tingham, temp. Chaeies I, had issue, I. Joshua, of whom presently. II. Joseph, ancestor of the Gregorys, of Lenton and Harlaxton, co. Lincoln, England. JosHtfA Geegoet, Esq., m. 1671, Mary Bretagne, and his eldest son was Joshua Geegoet, Esq., b. 1681, whose eldest son, Joshua Geegoet, Esq., m. 1705, Ann Millar. His eldest son, Joshua Geegoet, Esq., m. Margaret Craven, whose eldest son, Joshua Geegoet, Esq., ot. Ann Jackson, and had issue, I. Joshua, of whom presently. II. WiUiam Johnson, D.L. for co. Bucks, m. Sarah Jalland, and d. 1863 s. p. in. Joshua Geegoet, Esq. of co. Nottingham, and subsequently of Western Australia, h. 1790, m. 1813, Frances, sister of Charles Blissett Churchman, Esq., who d. unm. 1833, in Western Australia. This lady was h. in London, 1794, and d. at Perth, Western Australia, 1859. Mr. Gregory d. at Rain- worth, Western Australia, 1838, leaving, I. Augustus Chaeles (Hon.), C.M.G., of Rainworth. II. Francis Thomas (Hon.), F.R.G.S., of Harlaxton, near Toowoomba, and of Edingley, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, member of the Legislative Council of Queensland, h. at Farns- field, 19th October, 1821, m. at Ipswich, Queensland, 11th May, 1865, Marion Scott, daughter of the late Alexander Hume, Esq. of co. Middlesex (she was h. in London, 29th May, 1841), and had issue, 1. Francis Augustus, h. 25th Octo- ber, 1867, d. 2nd January, 1869. 2. Charles Leigh, h. Ist October, 1868. 3. Francis Westbrook, I. 31st Octo- ber, 1869. 4. Walter Churchman, J. 28th Jan- uary, 1871. 5. Augustus Claude, h. 25th Novem- ber, 1872, d. 4th May, 1873. 1. Marion Elizabeth Augusta, h. 6th February, and d. 11th October, 1866. The Hon. Francis Thomas Gregory was an old colonist, and was well known for his explorations of Western Aus- tralia, for which he received the founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He arrived in Western Australia in 1829, and at the age of 20 entered the Civil Service of that colony ; appointed staif-surveyor in 1847, and in that capacity became known as an enterprising and success- ful explorer. The rivers Gascoyne, Lyons, and Murchison were discovered and named by him, and also the Ash- burton, De Grey, Fortescue, and other rivers in the north-west of Western Australia, which he discovered in 1861, when in command of an exploring expedition started by the Imperial Government. Mr. F. T. Gregory went to Queensland in 1862, was for some years commissioner of crown lands, and was called to the Legislative Council in 1874. He d. at Too- woomba, Queensland, 24th October, 1888, aged 68.