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 614 BURKIfi'S COLONIAL GFJNTRY. from Parliament; was re-elected for Noarlunga in 1872; was mayor of Adelaide in 1874, treasurer of South Australia from 3rd June, 1875, to 25th March, 1876, premier and c-oniniissioner of public works from 6th June, 1876, to 26th October, 1877, and premier and chief secretary from 16th June, 1884, to 16th June, 1885. Sir John, who is senior pai-tner in the firm of Colton and Co., retired from public life in 1887, and was created K.C.M.G. in 1892. Sesidence — Hackney, South Australia. I>OBERT TDTHILL LITTON, M.A., F.G.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., P.R.H.S., j of Ardavilling, Victoria, h. 20th December, 1859, m. 16th July, 1891, Dorinda Jane Bury, only daughter of the late Major Arthur Savage Wilkin- sox, C.B., of Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry (]3th Regiment), of Drumbroe, Bantry, co. Cork, and grand-daughter of Colonel Arthur Wilkinson, also of the 13th Foot, and of his wife Jane, daughter of William Augustus BcEY, of Shannon Grove, co. Limerick, and niece of the first EakL OF Chakleville (see Burke's Extinct Peerage and Landed Gentry). Mr. Robert T. Litton served throughout the Zulu war of 1879 with the Natal Field Force under Lord Chelmsford (medal with clasp), and served in the Boer ^>nr of 1881 with the Imperial Forces under General Sir G. Pomeroy Colley, K.C.B. Mr. Litton also saw some foreign service on the East Coast of Africa. He is Consul-General for the Republic of Liberia, Consul for the Republic of Uruguay, and Consul for the Republic of Paraguay, iu Australia ; Knight of the Order of Christ ; Knight Commander of the Order of Redemption ; Knight of the Libei-ia Cross, and other foreign orders and decorations. He is Hon. Member of the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists ; Hon. Cor. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society ; Hon. Cor. Member of the School of Mines, Ballarat ; Hon. Cor. Memb. New South Wales Mining Institute; Hon. Cor. Memb. Stawell School of Mines; Hon. Memb. of the Liverpool Geological Association ; Hon. Cor. Memb. of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Member of Council of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science ; Hon. Cor. Memb. of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, Halifax; Hon. Memb. of the Sociedad de Amigos Popular of Montevideo ; Founder of the Geological Society of Australasia; Founder of the Historical Society of Australasia, and other Australian Institutes. Mr. Litton was one of the Commissioners of the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition of 16S8-9. Hincaae. At an earlj period a branch of the family of Litton or Lttton, of England, settled in Ireland. Thom.s Litton, of Dublin, who is found to have used the same arms as the Knebwortli branch, was i. If 57 : lie m. 1710, Gertrude, dau{>Iiter of P. Tehdoen, a des- cendant of an ancient family of Dutch extraction, and </. 24th December, 1741. His will was dated IGlli December, 1741. He was s. by bis sou and heir, Thomas Litton, of Oldtown, co. Kildare, and of Ballyfcrmot, co. Dublin, i. 27th February, 1718, and called to tbe Iri.sli bar, 1742. He nt. 141b August, 1742, Hannah, daughter of Kali'b Leland (by Hannah CooEE, his flii'e, niice of the Eev. Join