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 lUKKi-rs ('(^i.o.xiAi. (i';.iiiY. 829 "iLtncnsc. James Bbett, of Dublin, Irelnnl, ami of Xewtown BaiTV, co. Wexford ; gi'ciit-};raiul- son of CoLONKL Jonx Brett, of Jobnstoii Crtstle, eo. Wi'xfonl ; h. in co. Norfolk, Eng- Innil, 17-U) ; was n posthumous child. He attoiited the profession of a barrister, but did not praetice; ])ossessed property in several places in Ireland ; was captain of the Ennis- corthj Yeouiaurv Corps, and was i)iesent at the battle of Vinefjar Hill, at Enniscorthy, durin<; tlie rebellion of 1798. He m. 179(5, Barbara he Kenzy (the spelling of the name altered to do Renzie by the jU'esenl Hon. de Renzie James Brett), of Wieklow, and Enuiseorthv. co. Wexford, Ireland (who was h. 1780, and d. 1850), and d. 182-ls having had twenty-four ehildrcn, fourteen of whom sur- vived infauey, viz., r. Edward (Rev.), viear and rector of Kathmaelviiee, eo. Wexford, rn. Sarah Elinor, daugliter of John Beedin, of Prospect House, co. Lonj;ford, and grand-daughter of Captain Gkat, Hlh Dragoon Guards, of Tubberpatricli,co. Roscommon, and had with numerous other issue, a sou, Captain Edward E. Brett, J.P., of Svdiiev, New South Wales, /;. in Ireland, 20th December, 1842,- when in his thirteenth year he was apprenticed to the sea, and on the breaking out of the Ameri- can civil war offered bis services to the South, and was appointed to the command of a blockade runner, which he held from 1862 to lS6-i. He was eventually taken prisoner, but was liberated after a few weeks' confinement, and coutinued his profession in arious capacities iu difl'erent parts of the worhl until 1877, when ho settled in New South Wales, and after spending some years in Riverina, came to Sydney in 1882, where he is now engaged in the business of a land agent. Captain Brett has for some lime been a member of the council of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, and represented thai society al the Congress of I lie Australasian Association for the advancement of science, held in Sydney, September, 1888. He m. 1872, Lucinda, daughter of Hugh MoBRisoy, of Bolgrave Square, Dublin, and has issue, a sou, Percy Edward, b. in Dublin, 1877. n. DE Kkxzie James (Hon.), now of Christehureh. III. William Mercer, d. iitiiii. in America. IV. James, m. and is deceased. T. George, m. I. Ellen, »i. and is deceased. II. Jidia, m. and is deceased. III. Afary, m. and is deceased. IV. Barbara, d. unm. V. Caroline, m. and is deceased. VI. Sally. Tii. Eliza, m. and is deceased. VIII. Hannah, d. unm. IX. -inne, m. Mercer Hospital, in Dublin, was built by Colonel de Renzie James Brett's two aunts ; his uncle was Major Brett, brigade major of the Dublin garrison. Sesidence — Christehureh, New Zealand. HON. JOHN GLASIER, of Lincoln, co. Sanburj, Province of Now Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, senator for tlio county of Sunlmry, in the parliament of the Dominion, h. at Lincoln, co. Sunbniy, N.B., in 1809 ; TO. there in 1848, Emineline, daughter of J. Garraty, of Frederieton, New Brunswick, and by her has issue, Arthur, h. March, 1853, represents the co. of Sunbury in the Pro- vincial Legislature of New Brunswick. Blanche, h. 1856. ILincngc. This family is of English origin, and the name was originally spelt Glaisher. The grandfather of the Hox. Jonx GiASIER was h. iu one of the New England states, then a province of England, and held a lieutenant's couiuiission in the army. He was takeu jjrisoncr at the memorable siege of Fort Wil- liam TTenrv, or George, by the French and
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