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 702 TBE KXTGHTAGE. and physiology and of botany and materia medica at the Grant Medical College at Bombay ; also honorary secretary to the Bombay branches of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Western India, sheriff of Bombay 1864 (eldest son of Gen. Christoi>her Bird- wood, commissaiy-gen. Bombay) ; b. o April. 1832; m. 6 May, 18.56, Frances Anne, eldest dau. of late Edward Tolcher, K.N. of Harewood, Plympton St. Mary, Devon. BISSET, Gen. Sir John Jaevis, k.c.m.g. 1877, C.B. (retd. list 1881). d.a.q.m.g. Caffre war 1845/7, brigade major Caffre war 18.")0/3, d.q.m.g. 1854/6.5, com. and lieut.-gov. Natal 186.5/7, com- manded a division in Canada 1868, and Gibraltar 1869/73, col. 2nd batt. the Durham L.l. (formerly 106th regt.) since 1875 (son of Capt. Alexander Bisset. R.N.); b. 24 Oct. 1819 : m. 13 Sept. 1848, Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of A B Morgan, m.d. 55th regt. and has with other issue a son and 2 daus. (elrlest son), m. about April, 1880, Borron, Esq. of .Seafield Tower, (1) A H B EUa, dau. of W G Axdrossan. (2) Helen (2nd dau.), m. to Theopliilus .Shepstone, Esq. C.M.G. 3rd son of Sir Theopliilus Shepstone. K.C.M.G. (3) Amy Morgan, m. 9 Oct. 1877, to Charles Hosklns Ifaster, Esq. eldest son of Charles Hoskiiis Master, Esq. of Barrow Green House, Surrey. BITTLESTON, Sir Adam, knighted 1858, judge supreme court Madras 1858/62, of high court 1862/70, bar.-at-law i.t. 1841 (son of Thomas Bittleston, Esq.); b. 12 Sept. 1817; m. 31 Aug. 1844, Rebecca Ann, eldest dau. of George Hastings Heppel, Esq. and has issue. (1) Adam Henry, bar.-at-law I.T. 1874; m. 7 Dec. 1881, Amy. eldest dau. of Henry Robinson, Esq. of Elstree, Herts, and of Sevres. (2) John Pattinson, 2nd surviWng son, d. 3 April, 1881. , aged 29. (3) George Hastings, lieut. R.A. b. 19 Mar. 1856. 87, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, W. BLYTH, Sir Arthur, k.c.m.g. 1877, agent- gen. S. Australia since 1877, commissioner public works 1857/60, five times treasurer 1861/3, 1865, 1872,6, commissioner crown lands 1864. 1870, chief secretary 1866, 1873 5 (son of William Blyth, of Birmingham); b. 19 Mar. 1823; m. 5 Mar. 1850. Jessie Ann, 4tb dau. of late Edward Forrest, of Birmingham, and has with other issue a son and dau. (1) James Keville, b. 1850; m. 1874. Bessie, dau. of John Charles Hawker, Esq. and granddau. of Adm. Hawker. (2) Frances Eleanor, m. 16 Jan. 1877, to William Briggs Sells, Esq. of Ferrig, Sussex. 51, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, w. BORTHWICK, Sir Algernon, knighted 20 April, 1880 (son of late Peter BorthA^-ick, M.P. Evesham 1835/8. and his wife Margaret C'ol- ville); b. 27 Dec. 1830; m. 5 April, 1870, Alice Beatrice, dau. of late Thomas Henry Lister, Esq. registrar-gen. (B. Ribblesdale), and has a son and dau. (1) Andrew Oliver, b. 2 Mar. 1873. (2) Lilias Margaret Francos. 60, Eaton Place, s.w. BORTON, Gen. Sib Arthur, k.c.b. 1877, G.C.M.G. 1880, K.L.H.M. Served with 9th regt. through the Cabul campaign 1842, the Sutlej 18456, and the Crimea, com. 2nd infantry brigade in Dublin and Curragh 1866/70, Mysore division 1870/5, gov. and com.-in-chief of Malta since 187S, col. i.w. India regt. since 1876 (son of late Rev. John Drew Borton, rector of Blofield, Norfolk); b. 20 Jan. 1H14: m. 9 April, 1850, Caroline Mary Gcorgina, only dau. of Rev. John Forbes Close, rector of Morne, co. Dovra (by his Ist wife, Mary Sophia Brownlow, youngest sister of Charles, 1st Lord Lurgan), and has had with 2 daus. 2 sons, (1) Arthur Close, capt. 13th regt. A.D.C. to gov. of Malta ; b. 9 June, 1851; m. 9 Sept. 1880, Adelaide Beatrice, younger dau. of late ilajor-Gen. Henry Drummond, Bengal cav. of the Stragrath family. (2) Charles Edward, 9th regt. ; b. 3 June, 1857. j The Palace, Malta. BOURCHIER, Majoe-Gen. Sie George, r.a. k.c.b. 1872, served in Gwalior campaign, com. field batteiy Indian Mutiny, and a frontier district Bengal 1868/73, retd. f.p. col. Bengal staff (voungest son of Rev. Edward Bourchier, rector of Bramfield, Herts.) ; b. 23 Aug. 1821 ; m. 1st— 16 July, 1854, Georgiana Clementina, dau. of John Graham Lough, Esq. of London ; she d. 2 Mar. 1868, leaving 3 sons and a dau. (1) George Lough, b. 29 July, 1854; m. 11 Oct. 1879, Mary Catherine, dau. of late Rev. Barcroft Boake, principal Colombo academy. (2) Edward Herbert, b. 24 Nov. 1856. (3) Arthiu- Charles Francis, b. 15 April, 1864. (4) Ina Maude Mary. Gen. Bourchier m. 2ndl3^ — 23 May, 1872, Mar- garet Murchison, dau. of Col. Bartleman; she d. 13 July, 1881, having had a .son. (5) Herbert Eustace, b. 13 Jan. 1874. Bramfield Lodge, St. Margarets, Twickenham. BOWEN, Sir Charles Synge Christopher, knighted 1879, justice of king's bench, b.a. Balliol 1858, bar.-at-law L.l. 1861, junior standing counsel to the treasury 1872, recorder of Penzance 1872 (son of Rev. Christopher Bowen, of Fresh- water, I.w. rector of St. Thomas, Winchester, ■ 185.5/69); b. 1836; m. 1862, Emily ■ Frances, dau. of late James Medows Rendel, Esq. ■ F.R.S. Culwood, Sussex. BOWEN, Sir George Ferguson, g.c.m.g. 1860 (k.c.m.g. 1856, c.m.g. 1855), gov. and com.-in-chief of the Mauritius 1879, Victoria 1873/8, New Zealand 1867/73, Queensland 1859'67, bar.-at- law L.l. 1844, chief .sec. to government Ionian Islands 1854/9 (son of Rev. Edward Bowen, rector of Faugh Boyne, Donegal) ; b. 2 Nov. 1821 ; m. 28 April, 1856, Diamantina, Countess Roma, only sur- viving dau. of h.h. Count Candiano de Roma, G.C.M.G. president Ionian senate, and has a son and 4 daus. (1) George William, b. 9 April, 1864. (2) Adelaide Diamantina, m. 24 July, 1879, to Allan, son of (Hon.) William Campbell, M.L.C. Victoria, Australia. (3) Zoe Caroline. (4) Agnes Hubert. (5) Alfreda Gouestine Albertha. Government House, Mauritius. BOYD, Sir Thomas Jamieson, knighted at Holyrood 25 Aug. 1881, J.P. Midlothian, lord ]jrovost of Edinburgh 1877/81, lord-lieut. city of , Edinburgh, hon. col. Queen's Edinburgh R.v. a cu- ■ rator of Edinburgh university, master of the mer- ■ chant company of Edinburgh 186.5/7 (son of late John Boyd, merchant, of Edinburgh, by Anne, dau. of Thomas Jamieson); 1). 22 Feb. 1818; m. 6 June, 1844, Mary Anne, only dau. of late John Ferguson, of Edinburgh, surgeon, and had with other issue a son, (1) Thomas (eldest son), m. 15 Sept. 1878, Charlotte, dau. and coheir of late Rev. Robert McNaghten (Bart.) MidfleUl, Midlothian; 41, Moray Place, Edinburgh. BRADFORD, Gen. Sir John Fowler, k.c.b. 1871, served in Affghan 1842, Gwalior 184.3/4, Sutlej 1846, and Punjaub campaigns 1848/9, at the battle of Maharajapore, action of Aliwal,