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82 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i 2 s.ix. JULY 30, 1021. daughter of David Johnstone, Esq., of Overton, and died at 28, Bolton-street, Piccadilly, W., on Oct. 12, 1869, aged 67 years. By his wife he had issue:

1. Lindsay F., born 1835, M.D., married Miss Kirkpatrick, a cousin of the Empress Eugénie, and had issue.

2. Madeline, born 1836, married Binnie, Esq.

3. Eliza, born 1838, died unmarried.

(These three children were born at Cheltenham.)

4. John Baillie Ballantyne, born 1842, C.B. (Mil. 1893), C.M.G. (1901). Cornet Bengal Cavalry 1860. Adj. Lahore Light Horse, Adj. 18th Bengal Lancers; exchanged to Royal Dragoons; Special Service Cape of Good Hope, 1879 (despatches, Zulu Medal and clasp); Nile Expedition, 1884-5; D.A.A.G., and D.A.Q.M.G. (severely Wounded Abu Klea, despatches, medal with two clasps, bronze star); promoted Lieut-Col. 5th Dragoon Guards, commanded Regt. till 1893; commanded 49th Regimental District, 1895-97; Jubilee Medal; commanded 4th Cavalry Brigade, 1897-99; commanded troops Straits Settlements, 1899-1900; commanded 4th Cavalry Brigade, South Africa, 1900 (despatches, medal with five clasps). Retired 1891 as Hon. Maj.-Gen. Maior-General Dickson married (1) Marion (d. 1876) daughter of the late C. F. Huth; (2) in 1889, Kathleen, daughter of the late W. J. Browne, of Buckland Filleigh, Devon, and has issue.

Henry Gordon Dickson (seventh child of Samuel Dickson the builder) was born 1786, became a Writer to the Signet in 1817 and married August 1, the same year, Eliza, second daughter of Wm. Gillespie, merchant in Edinburgh. By his wife he had issue:

1. Henry Gordon, born March 11, 1820, who became a Writer to the Signet in 1855. He married in 1851, Jane Alder, eldest daughter of Adolphus McDowall Ross, M.D., by his wife Catherine, third daughter of David Hume, Esq., one of the barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. Mr. Dickson died without issue in 1889.

2. William Gillespie, born 1823, of whom presently.

3. Samuel, born Jan. 12. 1826, apprenticed to Henry Gordon Dickson, passed W.S. in 1855. He married July 31, 1860, Mary Campbell, youngest daughter of David Johnstone, of Overton, by his wife Lindsay, 4th daughter of the Rev. Dr. George Campbell, and niece of John Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell, the distinguished lawyer.

4. George Claud, a farmer in Buenos Ayres, married a Miss J. J. Keene, of Buenos Ayres, and had issue.

5. Eliza, born 1829, died 1831, aged 2.

Mr. Dickson died Sept. 30, 1860, aged 74. His 2nd son, William Gillespie Dickson, was born April 9, 1823. Legal writer. He was admitted 9th March, 1847, Advocate, L.L.D. In 1868 he was Sheriff-Substitute at Glasgow ; Sheriff-Principal of Lanarkshire, and sometime Procureur and Advocate-General of Mauritius. He was the author of standard book 'Treatise of Law of Evidence in Scotland.' He married in 1856 Mary C. Tytler, daughter of John Tytler, M.D., and died suddenly Oct. 19, 1876, having had by his wife issue:

1. Henry Gordon Gillespie Dickson, born July, 1857, married Miss J. Toombe, of Warwick.

2. Anne, died young.

3. Elizabeth Mary, married 1875 MaxWell Hanny, Esq., and has issue: (a) Marion Tytler, (b) Maxwell Halliday.

4. William John.

5. Mary Bedingfeld Gillespie.

6. A boy, died a baby.

7. Barkley Gillespie, died 1898.

8. A boy, died a baby.

9. Charlotte Dorothea, married June 4th, 1896, Seymer Mitford, 5th son of Sir Thomas Tancred, 7th Bart., of Boroughbridge, Co. York, and has issue:

1a. Seymer Thomas, born and died June 5th 1898.

1a. Mary Tytler, born March 21st 1897.

2a. Margaret Selby, born Feb. 13th 1900.

I have not been able to obtain any information regarding the descendants of the other sons and daughters of Samuel Dickson, the builder, but a genealogical correspondent informs me that her great grandfather was Robert Dickson, a well known architect in Edinburgh, and his father a builder and contractor, and thinks that her great grandfather may have been the Robert Dickson (ninth child of Samuel the builder) who was born Jan. 21st 1790. My correspondent adds that her great grandfather married Jean Lucas, sister of Dr. Lucas, a well-known physician in Edinburgh, and had issue:

1. James Creighton Dickson, married Rebecca Sneddan, and went to Melbourne about 1854.

2. Richard Dickson, married 3 times.