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 788 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. the Ufly siiccial silver medals of the Mel- bourne Exhibition of 1866-7 for art and liternlure combined. This lady was elected lionorary member of the Tasmauiau Royal Society, in recognition of services rendered to art and science in Tasmania, and on like grounds enjoys a pension irom the Tasmaniau Government. Mr. Mereditli rf. at Launces- ton, Tasmania, 2nd March, 1880, leaving issue, I. George Campbell, the subject of this menioir. Arms — Arg. a lion ramjianf sa. gorged ii'ith oner the back or. Crest — A demi lion rampant sa. collared and Motto — Sj)es est in Deo. Residence — Hobart, Tasmania. II. Charles, *. 5lli April, 181-t, d. 15th September, 1888. III. Owen, of Tasmania, mining engineer, b. 6th April, 1847, m. 1st November, 1871, Eliza Jane Windsob, and has issue, 1. David Owen. 1. Louisa Anne. 2. Winifred Eliza. 3. Sabina Ida. 4. Violet Isabel. 5. Corine Ruby. a collar and chain affixed thereto rejlexed chained as in the arms. ^tx%. WALTER RUMBOLD PIERS, of the Residency, Peddie, Cape Colony, Civil Commissioner, and resident magistrate for the division of Peddie, h. 22nd January, 1846; in. 27th January, 1875, Agnes Jane, second daughter of Charles F. Blakeway, resident magistrate, of Olive Cliff, district of Fort Beaufort, and resident magistrate at Mquandnli, and has issue, I. Norman Barrington Ross, h. 16th December, 1875. II. Harold Henry Ross, h. 26th July, 1877. III. Walter Charles Ross, h. 27th October, 1878. IV. Francis Arthur, h. IStb September, 1882. V. Gerald Rumbold, d. in infancy. i. Evelyn Constance May, 6. 7th November, 1880. II. Agnes Florence, 6. 14th May, 1886. III. Etheleen, 6. 19th December, 1889. IV. Mary, 6. 28th May, 1891. Htncaac. WiLLIAJI PlEES, son of RiCHABD PlEES, of Piers Hall, co. York, was sent over to Ireland in 1566 by Queen Elizabeth, in a consider- able post in the army, and was rewarded by grants of land of great value, particularly of the Abbey of Tristcrnagh, in the co. of West- mcath. He was subsequently constituted Governor of Carrickfergus, and seneschal of the CO. of Antrim, and obtained, in 1569, a reward of 1,000 marks for bringing in the head of the rebel Shane O'Neill. He d. in 1602, was interred at Carrickfergus, and was i-. by his only son, Henkv Piees, of Tristernagli, who m. Jane, daughter of Thomas Jones, D.D., Archbishop ofUuLliu, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by whom he had four sons and six daughters. Mr. Piers, who was an eminent traveller, left behind him an account of his travels in Germany, Italy, etc., a copy of which was placed among the MSS. of Sir James ^yare. in the Chandos Library. This gentleman conformed to the Church of Rome, and prevailed upon some of his children to embrace the same faith ; of .whom, William (Sir), of whom presently. Thomas, third son, became a Franciscan friar. Henry, his fourth son. left a son, John, who took orders in the Catholic Church. Mr. Piers d. in 1623, and was s. by his eldest son, Sir William Piers, Knt., who m. Martha, daughter of Sir James Ware, the elder, and was 5. at his decease in 1638, by his eldest and only surviving son. Sir Henry Piers, of Tristcrnagh, who was created a baronet of Ireland, iSth Feb- ruary, 1660. Sir Henry m. Mary, daughter of Dr. Henry JoXES, Bishop of Meath, by whom he had eight sons and six daughters, and dying in 1691, left issue, I. William (Sir), ancestor of the present baronet, Sib Eustace Fitzmaveice