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 BURKE'S C0L02^IAL GENTRY. 49 Mintage. This family descends from the Campbells, of Ashfield, cadets of the House of Dun- ti'oon, Crinan, Argyleshire, and now repre- sents the elder branch. The Campbells of Duntroon (which jilace was passed down from father to son since the time of Duncan Yong Campbell in 1448), died out in the persons of Major-General Sir Neil Campbell, governor of Sierra Leone, who d. unm. 14th August, 1837, and his brother, General Patrick Campbell, who d. unm. at Southampton, 29th August, 1857. John Campbell, Esq., a writer to the sinnet, and the last laird of Ashfield, near Crinan, Argyleshire, m. Agnes, daughter of Robert Paterson, Esq. of Kilmarnock, and d. at Greenock, 12th November, 1797 (when the estate of Ashfield was sold) leaving issue, I. John, a merchant, of Calcutta, d. unm. II. KoBEHT (Hon.). III. William, m. The second son, Hon. Robert Campbell, of Campbell's Wharf, Sydney, New South Wales, mem- ber of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, was a merchant at Calcutta, and in 1796 went to Sydney, and established a branch of his business there. He was b. 28th April, 1769, m. at Sydney, 17th Sep- tember, 1801, Sophia, sister of John Palmer, Esq., assistant commissary-general, and d. at his country residence, Duntroon, Quean- beyan. New South Wales, 15th April, 1846, having, by his "wife (who d. 5th May, 1833) had issue, I. John (Hon.), member of the Legis- lative Council of New South Wales, b. in Sydney, 25th July, 1802 ; edu- cated in England, where he remained from 1810 to 1819 ; was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Sydney Hamlets in 1856, and in 1860 accepted a seat in the Legislative Council ; d. num. 22nd January, 1886, aged 83. The Hon. John Campbell gave 10,OOOZ. towards establishing the bishopric of Riverina. II. Robert, b. 5th October, 1804, d. 31st March, 1859. III. Charles (Hon.). IV. George, b. 27th June, 1818. V. Frederick, b. 24th June, 1821, d. 15th February, 1844. I. Sophia, h. 24th February, 1812. II. Sarah, b. 1st April, 1815. The third son, Hon. Chaeles Campbell, of Belconon, near Queanbeyan, Murray County, New South Wales, and of Laggan Lodge, In- verness, Scotland, member of the Legis- lative Council of New South Wales, and barrister-at-law of Lincoln's Inn, was b. at sea, 20th September, 1809. He m. at St. John's Church, Parramatta, Cumberland County, New South Wales, 22nd June, 1837, Catherine Irena, eldest daughter of George Thomas Palmer, Esq. of Pemberton Grange, Parramatta, and of Grinninderra, Murray County, New South Wales, lieutenant 61st Regiment. This lady d. in London, 28th April, 1863, and was buried in Lansdowne Cemetery, Bath, co. Somerset, having pre- deceased her husband, who d. at Laggan Lodge, Inverness, his residence in Scotland, 17th August, 1888, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He had issue, I. Walter, of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, b. 5th November, 1838, d. at Cambridge, 23rd July, 1860. II. Feedebick, of Yarralumla. I. Agnes. II. Susan. III. Sophia, m. 18th January, 1872, Richard Henry Byron, Esq., lieu- tenant Royal Navy, and has five children : 1, John ; 2, Hugh ; 1, Kate ; 2, Maud ; 3, Mary. The Hon. Charles Campbell purchased his estate of Belconon, near Queanbeyan, from Charles Sturt, the explorer, in 1836. He also purchased Campbell Field, near Melbourne, colony of Victoria, in 1840. Motto used — Agite pro viribus. Residence — Yarralumla, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. MURRAY-PRIOR, HON. THOMAS LODGE, of Maroon, Logan River, Queensland, Australia, member of the Legislative Council, and formerly postmaster- general for the colony of Queensland, b. 13th November, 1819, baptised at Wells Cathedral, m. first, at South Creek, near Sydney, New South Wales, 3rd September, 1846, Matilda, daughter of Thomas Harpur, E.sq. of Cecil Hills, near Liverpool, New South Wales, and formerly of Lime Park, co. Tyrone, Ireland, and by her (who d. 25th November, 1868, and was buried in Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland) has had issue, VOL. I. E