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 Sir, from Jan. to Dec. 1856. Having become lieut.-general in 1856, he was appointed colonel of the 100th Foot in 1862. Sir Edward resigned the command of the Australian forces to General in 1866. He was created C.B. in 1837 and K.C.B. in 1862. He married Sarah, third daughter of Lieut.-Colonel William Smith Neill, of Muir, Ayrshire, and sister of Brigadier-General Neill, who was killed at the siege of Lucknow, who survived him. Sir Edward died in London on Jan. 4th, 1872.

Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins, son of James Macarthur, and nephew of John Macarthur, of Camden Park, New South Wales, was born at Plymouth, England, on Jan. 16th, 1788. He emigrated to New South Wales with his uncle, who had come home on a visit, in 1805, and assisted the latter in the development of the merino wool industry. In 1812, whilst on a visit to England, he married Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Captain Philip Gidley King, R.N., sometime Governor of New South Wales. For some years he was police magistrate of Parramatta, and was one of the first members of the first Legislative Council appointed by the Crown. When the elective system was introduced he was returned for Parramatta. He died at Norwood, in Surrey, on March 6th, 1861. Mrs. Macarthur died at Ipswich, Queensland, on Sept 1st, 1852.

Macarthur, James, third son of John Macarthur, of Camden Park, New South Wales, was born at Parramatta in 1798, and assisted for some years in the management of his father's estate. In 1836 he went to England, which he had twice previously visited, taking with him petitions to the king and parliament on transportation, immigration, and representative institutions; and in the following year published in London, "New South Wales: its Present State and Future Prospects." On his return, in 1839, he became a member of the Legislative Council; but in 1843 was defeated for Cumberland by Mr. (afterwards Sir), whom he had assisted Mr. Therry to defeat in the neighbouring constituency of Camden. Subsequently Mr. Macarthur declined a nominee seat. In 1848 he was elected for Camden to the new Council, in which he sat for five years. In 1853 he moved the resolution which empowered Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Deas Thomson to advocate the new Constitution Act in England. He was returned to the Assembly for West Camden in 1859, but retired on the ground of ill-health; and at this time declined the offer of knighthood made to him through Sir William Denison. In 1860 Mr. Macarthur, who was one of the pioneers of the Australian wine industry, revisited England, where he acted as a member of the International Statistical Congress and Commissioner of the Exhibition of 1862. He returned to New South Wales in 1864, and died on April 21st, 1867. In 1838 he married Emily, second daughter of Henry Stone, of Lombard Street, London. His only daughter, Elizabeth, married the late Captain, R.N. (q.v.). In 1840 Mr. Macarthur accompanied Count Strzelecki and Mr. James Riley on their exploration of Gippsland, as it was named by the Count.

Macarthur, Hon. Sir William, M.L.C., fourth son of John Macarthur, of Camden Park, New South Wales (q.v.), was born at Parramatta in Dec. 1800, and educated in England with his brother. He was principally engaged in pastoral pursuits, but was a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales from 1849 to 1855, in which year he acted as a Commissioner of the colony at the Paris Exhibition. For his services thereat he received a knighthood and the decoration of the Legion of Honour, and returned to the colony in Nov. 1857. Sir William Macarthur took an active part in forming a collection of New South Wales products for the London Exhibition of 1862; but, though in England at the time, he refused the post of Assistant Commissioner offered him by the Government, and returned to the colony in March 1864, when he accepted a seat in the Legislative Council. He died unmarried on Oct. 29th 1882.

McArthur, William Alexander, M.P. is the eldest son of Alexander McArthur, ex-M.P. for Leicester, by his marriage with Maria Bowden, second daughter of Rev. W. B. Boyce, of Sydney. He was born in Sydney in 1857, and after being educated privately became a partner in the well-known firm of W. & A. McArthur, colonial merchants. In 1886 he was returned for the Buckrose division 287