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 I'.UKKK'S COLONIAL fl KX'I'HY. 7S1 Cov. JOHN W1LLLM C;i<:ORGK cox, of Ncg-on, Miiswcll i5rook, New South Wales, (/(. I'JlizabL'tli, dani^litcr of Rev. J5. Jluwi;r,r,, of Llugliley, Shrop- shire, England, and has issue, one sou and one daughter. ILinrnnc. This fiiiiiih' wnii seated origiimllj in Cliiehcster iind iil'lerwanls in Dorsetshire. Thomas Co.v, of Wimborne, eo. Dorset, h. 1(>70, had a son, William Cox, h. in 1095, who had a son, RoBEKT Cox, of Wimborne, co. Dorset, England, b. 1730; in. Jane H.bvi:y, and d. at sea, having had issue, I. Robert Uarvev, of Cin'istcliureh, Hants, I). 29th Oetober, 1754. ; m. Ann AVOOLSET, and d. 12tli April, 1815, having by her, wlio d. 2nd i'ovonil)er, 1829, had issue, 1. Robert Harvey, b. 1784, d. itiun. 2. Oinrles, of Christehiircli, Carriek- on-Shannon, eo. Leitiiui, J. P., b. 1707, entered the army and was gazetted Ensign 87th i'oot. 1-lth February, 1805 ; Captain, April, 1813; Captain 72nd Foot, July, 1834 ; Major by Brevet, January, 1837 ; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 1851, retired from the Army, 4th Aiigust, 1854. He led the for- lorn hojie in Bnenos Ajres, So^lth Ameriea, and was awarded the thanks of botli Houses of Parliament. The records of his distinguished services and his family papers were lost when liis son was wrecked in the " Gotten- burg," 24th February, 1875. He m. Helen, daughter of Rev. Henry Thomas, rector of Killeen, Queen's co., and d. 4th Decem- ber, 18G2, having by her, wlio d. 11th February, 1870, bad issue, (1) Robert Henry (Kev.), vicar of Hardingstone, Isorthants, b. at the Mau- ritius, 29th Oetober, 1811, graduated M.A. Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, 1818 ; >n. 18th June, 183(5, Emily, daugliter of Tliomas Moobe, of Dub- lin, and d. 11th January, 1892, having by her (who d. through the effects of a car- riage accident, 29th April, 1887) had issue, four sous and two daughters, aU mar- ried and having issue, except his second son, Charles Fol- liet, CajHain late R.N., b. 1842. (2) Charles, d. iiiim. (3J Mathcw Dillon Thomas, b. 1829,</.al Port Darwin, New Houtli Wales. (4) Harry, /;. 1831 j m. Miss Crow, and d. s. p. (5) Pryce Winn, b. 1835; )«. Mary Williams, and was, together with his wife and family, drowned in the foimd- ering of the " Gott^nburg," near Port Darwin, New South Wales, 24th February, 1875. (1) Harriet Young, b. 1813 ; III. Rev. Richard Clifkobd, whose second daughter, Mary Phoebe, m. Stephen Anewno, C'.E., of the Restoration House, Rochester, and luis issue. (2) Helen, b. 1819 ; m. Bedford Camebon, and d. 1891, leav- ing issue. (3) Jane, b. 1823 ; m. General Arthur Buioher, R.M.L.I., and has issue, six sons and three daughters. (4) Arabella, b. 1825; iii. Simon Baoge, high sheriff of Watcrfonl, and has issue. (5) Eliza, b. 1828 ; m. 1849, Rev. Richard NashSiAKDlSH, of Limerick. 3. Harry, M.D,, b. 1798, d. nnm. 1. Jane, b. 1792; m. Joseph Neaxe, of St. Peter's Park, Guernsey, and d. 1841. 2. Ann Maria, «i. first, Thomas Pryce WiXN, M.D., surgeon in the army, and secondly, John Datid- SON, of SliawfortI Villa, Winches- ter, and d. 8th April, 1874. II. William, of whom presently. I. Jane, b. at Wimborne, Dorset, 1758, d. uniii. II. Anne, b. 17(52, </. num. The second son, Cai'taix William Cox, of Clarendon, N.S.W., and fonnerly of Devizes, Wilts, b. at Wimborne, 19lh December, 1764, was a captain in the army and served in the French wars ; he was afterwards in the New South Wales force, to which colony lie went in the _^ear 1797, and settled jjermanentlv at Sydney; he was a J. P. for the colony. He III. lirst, February, 1789. Rebecca, daughter of James Upjohn, of London, merchant, son of Edwaril UiMoHX, of Shaftesbury, co. Dorset,