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 GfiG WILSON. [10] Chaxles Octavius, chief clerk victualling department, privy council department, capt. late 96th and 31st regts. served iu 1st New Zealand war ; 1>. 2 Oct. 1824 ; m. 1st— 3 Mav, 1849. Grace Sophia, dau. John Dunn, of HobartTown aforesaid; slie d. 30 Sept. 1865, having had 2 sons and 3 daus. (1) Charles Herbert de Vere, b. 3 Oct. 18.>3.— (2) Cecil Francis de Lys, Ueut. and adj. 22nd regt.; b. 4 Aug. 1855. (3) Violet Agnes, m. to H. Sydney, eldest son of H. Tilder Smith, Esq. of London. (4) Edith Mary. (5) Ethel Dormer. C.PT. C. O. EARDLEY-WILMOT m. 2ndly— 2 Oct 1866, Eliza- beth, 2ud dau. of Charles Brooke, Esq. of London, and has 2 sous, (6) CTiarles Cliester, b. 27 Oct. 1867. (7) Ernest, b. 29 Sept. 1868. WILSON, Sir Roland Knyvet, b.a. (1858, U.K.), late fellow King's Coll. Camb. bar.- at-law L.I. 1867; s. his uncle as 2nd Baronet in 1874 ; b. 27 Aug. 1840 ; m. 27 Dec. 1873, Christiana Whiting, dau. of late Richard Philips, Esq. f.e.s.; heir presumptive, his brother Arthur. Arms — Sa. a wolf saliant or, in chief a fleur-de-lis arg. between two bezants. Hineage. T ROBERT WILSON, of DidUngton, Norfolk, by purchase. V aftenvards of Merton, Surrey, piu-chased the manor of Knight Thorpe, Leic. 1649, in which year he was of the Middle Temple ; d. 11 Nov. 1660, having m. 1st— Catherine, dau. of Edward and sister to Sir Josepli Ashe, Bart, and 2ndly — Joanna, dau. of John Parker, of London, merchant (widow of WilUam Walters, of London, merchant, and of CimdaU, Yorks.) By his 1st wife he was grandfather of HENRY WILSON, of Didlington fson of Edward Wilson, of Colveston, Norfolk, and after of Didlington, by his wife Judith, dau. of Henry Webster, of Bungay, Suffolk) ; bur. 28 Mar. 1741, ha^'ing m. 2 May, 1720, Elizabeth, eldest dau. and coheir of John Knj-vett. of Norwich and Bracondale, Norfolk (B. BERXER.S;; she bur. 24 Aug. 1757, having had with an only dau. a son, HENRY WILLIAM, of Didlington and Ashwellthorpe ; bp. 12 April, 1728 ; d. 6 Sept. 1796, having m. 20 May, 1757, Mary, dau. of Sir Jolm Miller, Bart ; she d. 13 Aug. 1772, having had with otlier issue 3 sons, [1] Robert, had summons to Parliament as Baron Berners 7 May, 1832 ; d. unm. 25 Mar. 1838. [2] Henry, 5th Baron Berners. (See Peer.vge.) [3] George, of Kirkby Cane, Norfolk, vicar of Didlington ; b. 27 Nov. 1768 ; d. 7 Aug. 1837, having m. 18 Sept. 1797, Anna Maria, dau. of Rev. Charles Millard, chancellor of Norwich; she d. 6 Jan. 1846, having had 13 sons and a dau. (1) George Knyvet, rear-adm. R.N. ; b. 2 JiUy, 1798; d. R .Inly, 1866, having m. 16 .Tune, 1837, Agnes Mary, youngest dau. of Rev. William Yonge, chancellor diocese of Nor- wich, and vicar of Swaffliam, and had 3 sons and 2 daus. /I/ WiUiam Knvvet, B.A. fellow Trin. Coll. Camb. assistant master Rugby ; b. 2 Nov. 1838 ; d. 17 July, 1855. /2/ Sir Roland Knyvet, 2nd and present Baronet. /3/ Arthur Knyvet, capt. R.N. 1880, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 4 Mar. 1842. /4/ Edith. /5/ Katherine Knyvet. (2) Edward, rector of Topcroft, Norfolk; b. 12 July, 1799 ; d. 31 Oct. 1874, having m. 22 May, 1827, Lucretia, dau. of John King, of Frome, Somerset ; she d. 15 Mar. 1864, having had ^dth other issue a son and 4 daus. /I/ John Bracebridge, of Geelong, Australia, M.A. Cam- bridge and Melbourne, head-master of the Geelong Gram- mar School since 1863; b. 13 Sept. 1828 ; m. 7 April, 1863, Oriane Maria, dau. of Horatio Nelson Rowcroft, Esq. (niece of Brigadier-Gen. Sir F. E. R. Rowcroft), and has 2 daus. Oriana Mary Bracebridge. — Maud Knyvet Bracebridge. /2/ Rosamond. /3/ Henrietta. /4/ Marj-. /5/ Alice, d. 6 June, 1856, having m. 12 July, 1855, as 1st wife, to Ven. Henry Ralph Nevill, archdeacon of Norfolk, and has a dau. — Alice Nevill. (3) WiUiam, heut. R.N. ; d. unm. (4) Charles, capt. E.i.C.s. ; d. unm. (5) Sir Archdale, created a Baronet. (6) PhiUp, of King's Lynn, solicitor ; b. 7 Nov. 1804 ; d. 29 July, 1866, having m. 31 Oct. 1827, Jane, youngest dau. of Lionel Self, Esq. of Lynn; she d. having had 2 daus. /I/ Maria Elizabeth, m. 15 Aug. 1849, to Henry Edwards, of King's Lynn ; he d. 24 Mar. 1868. /2/ Adelaide Ellen, m. 13 May, 1861, to Rev. Edmimd Iron- side Gregory, vicar of Halberton, Devon, formerley minor canon and precentor of Bristol Cathedral. (7) George, lieut.-col. Bombay amiy; b. 14 Aug. 1806 ; d. 19 Sept. 1870, having m. 1st — 24 Mar. 1836, Anna Maria, dau. of Charles Dashwood, Esq. of Beccles ; she d. 27 Sept. 1846. He m. 2ndly— 22 Feb. 1848, Maria Lucretia, dau. of Wilham Antony Jones, Esq. of Boatside, Brecon, B.C.S. By his 1st wife he had a sou ami 2 daus. /I/ George Herbert Dashwood, b. 8 Aug, 1842. /2/ Loriua Mary Anne, m. 5 Mar. 1858, to Gen. Michael Robert Bi-uce, late Bombay S.c. (BART.) /3/ Anna Maria Ellen, m.'si July, 1873, to George Millard, Esq. of Deopham, Norfolk, and has 3 daus. Jessie Isabel Ellen MILLARD.— Cicely Rosamond. — Elsie Muriel. (8) Roland, late naval chaplain Sheerness ; b. 2 Mar. 1808 ; unm. (9) James, of Preston, Upper Canada ; b. 15 Oct. 1810 ; d. having m. (Caroline, dau. of S Strowgler, of Canada, and has 4 daus. (10) Frederick, of Gooderich, Upper Canada, R.N. ; b. 13 May, 1812 ; d. 1868, having m. Jane Macdonald, and had issue. (11) Arthur, capt. 18th regt. ; d. unm. (12) John Combe, of Guelph, Upper Canada, ; b. 29 Mar. 1817 ; d. 1868, having m. Oct. 1838, Hem-ietta, dau. of Robert Ailing, M.D. and had 2 sons and a dau. (13) Herbert, rector of Fritton, Norfolk ; b. 6 Nov. 1823 ; ni. 16 May, 1849, Harriet, 5th dau. of Thomas Amyot, Esq. of London, and has 4 sons and a dau. /I/ Herbert Amyot Brereton, b. 22 June, 1867.-/2/ Arch- dale D-by, 18th foot; b. 30 Mar. 1859.-/3/ Roland Henry Bourchier, b. 25 July, 1861. — /4/ Brereton Knyvet, b. 9 May, 1868. /5/ Margaret Knyvet, m. 27 June, 1878, to Rev. Edward Steward, of SaxUngham, Norfolk, M.A. Magdalen Coll. Oxon. cm-ate of Bramshott, Hants. (14) Charlotte EUzabeth, m. 4 Jan, 1825, to Henry Amsnick, com. R.N. who d. 1879, having had 2 sons and 3 daus. SIR ARCHDALE WILSON, G.C.B. major-gen. col. Bengal art. (entered 1819), k.C.B. 17 Nov. 1857, for his dis- tinguished services at tlie captiu-e of Delhi, created a Baronet 8 Jan. 1858, to him and the lieirs male of his body, and had tlie remainder extended by patent 8 July following iu default of issue male to the heirs male of his eldest brother Rear-Adm. Wilson ; b. 3 Aug. 1803 ; d. s. p. 8 July, 1874, having m. 14 July, 1842, Ellen, 2nd dau. of Brigadier-Gen. Warren Hastings Leslie Frith, commandant Bengal art.