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 558 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. number of the Royal Colonial Institute, b. 2flth May, 1S20 ; sailed for Australia, with his brother William, in the barque '"Victory," 3rd April, 184-9, and landed at Melbourne on the I9th July following; m. 20th March, 1850, Annabella Helen, daughter of Thomas Gibson, of Ayr, Scotland, banker (by Annabella Hamilton, his wife), who was the son of Peter Gibson, of Ayr, and Las had issue, I. James, of Bemarra, J. P. for New South Wales, h. 14th January, 1857 ; m. 30th October, 1884, Amy Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. J. D. Robertson, of Yarrawonga, Victoria, by whom he has issue, 1. Alexander James, h. 25th September, 1886. 2. Hume Robertson, b. I9th June, 1888. 3. William Douglas, 6. 4th June, 1890. II. Thomas Gibson, member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and author of Stiidies in Australian Entomology, b. 20(h April, 1858; m. 28th October, 1891, Eliza S., daughter of A. Woolfrey. ni. William, b. 22nd August, 1860. IV. Alexander Turner, 6. 11th November, 1871, d. in infancy. V. Hugh Gibson Gemmell, b. 14th February, 1875. VI. John Alexander, b. 27th November, 1877. I. Janet Turner Gemmell. II. Annabella Helen. III. Lucy Jane. IV. Lavinia Gibson. V. Margaret Octavia, m. at Mulwala, New South Wales, 2nd June, 1892, Walter Maurice Grove, of Merton, New South Wales, eldest son of Sir George Grove, of Sydenham, co. Kent, England, and d. s. p. 6th June, 1894. ILincnftc. Ebekezee Sloane, of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, b. 1750; »». 1772, Jane Bktdson, and d. in 1830, leaving a son, James Sloane, merchant of Glasgow, where he resided for over forty years, and was repeatedly elected president of the Galloway Brotherly Society of Glasgow. He was born 1-ith December, 1775 ; m. 2nd April, 1810, Janet, third daughter of Duncan Turner, of Castles, Glcnorchy, Scotland, by Lucy Leitch, his wife (see Tt:rnek of Mighjield, Tol. i, j). 275), and by her (who was b. 14th May, 1787, and d. 18th June, 1874) had issue, I. Ebcnezer, b. 13th September, 1812 ; d. 23rd Jlay, 1842. II. Duncan Turner, b. 17th November, 1819 ; d. 12th August, 1842. III. James, b. 28th July, 1821; d. 11th November, 1841. IV. Jolin, h. 12tb May, 1823 ; m. Flora, daughter of the Rev. D. Maclean, of Glenorehy, N.B., and d. 25th April, 1880, leaving one daughter. V. William, b. 7th May, 1827 ; educated at the High School and the University of Glasgow ; sailed tor Australia, with his brother, Alexander, in the barque "Victory," 3rd April, 1849, and landed at Melboxrrne on the 19th July followiug, where he was for about twenty years senior partner in the firm of WilUam Sloane & Co., his firm being some years since merged in the Union Mortgage and Agency Co. of Australia, Ltd. Ti. Alexander, of Mulwala and Saver- nake, the subject of tliis memoir. I. Lucy, b. 26th January, 1811 ; m. William McCafl, of Glasgow, West Indian merchant, and d. 10th Novem- ber, 1890, having had four sons and two daughters. II. Jane, b. 7th May, 1814; m. Alex- ander Ftfe, of Glasgow and Ardgare, CO. Dumbarton, and d. 31st January, 1881, having had five sons and foiu daughters. in. Janet, *. 12th April, 1816. IV. Mary, b. 20th December, 1817; m. Samuel WiLSON,of Glasgow, merchant, but d. s. p. 22nd March, 1846. V. Ann, b. 8th June, 1825; m. Walter Wakdlaw, of Glasgow, merchant,