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 THE KNIGHTAGE. 733 ^NrrOR:rAX, Lieut.-Gen. sir Henry Wylie, J_N K.C.B. 1873, CLE. member Indian council since 1878. adj. 31 B.N.I, in Punjab campaign 1848/9, A.G. Delhi field force and A.A.G. throughout Mutiny, and also Rohilcund and Oude campaigns, wounded at Bareilly, A.D.c. to the Queen 1863 9, sec. to gov. India militaiy department 1862 7, military member superior council India 1870 7 (son of late James Xoi-man); b. 2 Dec. 1826; m. 1st— 1864, Jemima, -widow of Capt. A. B. Temple, and dau. of A. Davidson, m.d. inspector-gen. hospitals : he m. 2ndly, Anne, dau. of T. Knowles, 3rd dragoons ; he m. 3rdly, Alice Claudine, dau, of Teignmouth Sandys, B.c.s. 16, ■Vestboume Square, W. "I^ORTH, (Hox.) Sir Ford, knighted at Windsor 1 >1 Castle 7 Dec. 1881, on appointment as judge queen's bench division high court of justice, b.a. Univ. Coll. Oxon. 1852. bar.-at-law i.T. 1856, bencher 1881, Q.C. 1877 (son of John North of Liverpool, by Ellen, dau. of Jonathan Ha worth, of Bury, co. Lane, and his wife Susanna Peel. 1st cousin of Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, first lord of the Treasury); b. 1830; m. 1857, Elizabeth, dau. of William Mann, of Liscard, Cheshire. 76. Queenborough Terrace, w. nsrrUGENT, Sir Oliver, knighted 1872, speaker _LN house of assembly Antigua 1846 67, V.P. legislative council 1867, president since 1872, mem- ber executive council Leeward Islands since 1868, col. Antigua yeo. since 1870 [son of (Hon.) Nicholas Nugent, of Antigua]; b. 3 May, 1815; m. 6 Dec. 1845, Lucretia Louisa, dau. of (Hon.) George Wea- therill Ottley, of Antigua, and has with other issue 2 sons, (1) Nicholas, of Sowerby, Halifa.t ; m. 23 Sept. 1879, Caroline Adelaide, youngest dau. of late James Perry, Esq. of Dublin. (2) Oliver, m. 17 Oct. 1876, Eliza Mary Monica, only child of late C. F. C. Peter, barrack-master Antigiia. Antigua. OAKELEY, Sir Herbert Stanley, mus. doc. Cantuar. 1871, ll.d. knighted at Holyrood Palace 17 Aug. 1876, for musical services in Scot- land, composer to h.m. in Scotland 1881, professor of music Edinburgh university since 1865, educated at Rugby and at Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1855, member society Quirites, Rome, 1865 (2nd son of late Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart. — see that title.) GreenhiU Gardens, Edinburgh, and 58, St. George's Square. S.W. OLDKNOW, Alderman Sir James, knighted 1878, mayor Nottingham 1869 and 1877, 1878 and 1879 (son of late John Oldknow, of Notting- ham) ; b. 31 Aug. 1821; m. 21 July, 1841, Maiy Ann, dau. of Mr. John Wilmot, of Lenton, Notts. Nottingham. OMMANNEY, Adm. Sir Erasmus, k.c.b. 1877, F.R.S. F.R.G.S. knighted for Arctic services, served at Navarino, and with Sir James Ross in ex- pedition to Baffin's Bay 1836, second in command Arctic searching expedition, and discovered first traces of Franklin's ships 1850, at bombardment of Tangiers, commanded WTiite Sea squadron 1854, and in Baltic, &c. senior officer at Gibraltar 1862/4, conservator of the Thames, &c. (son of Sir Francis ^lolyneux Ommanney, m.p. and nephew of Adm. Sir J. A. Ommanney); b. May, 1814; m. 22 April, 1862, Mary, dau. of Thomas A Stone, Esq. of London. The Towers, Yarmouth, I.W. ORD, Major-Gen. Sir Harry St. George. G.C.M.G. 1881, K.C.M.G. 1867. C.B. (retd. f.p! E.E.), gov. and com. -in-chief Western Australia 1877/80, served in West Indies and Africa, at Bomarsund in Russian war 1855, lieut.-gov. Dominica 1857 60, gov. Bermudiis 1861/7, Straits Settlements 1867 77 (eldest son of Capt. Henry Gough Ord, R.A. of Bexley. Kent, descended from Ord'of Fenham, Northumb.); b. 1808: m. 28 May, 1846, Julia Graham, youngest dau. of Adm. James Carpenter, r.n. and has -vvith other issue a son, (1) St. John St. George, lieut. R..V. A.D.C to gov. 'Western Australia. 50, Gloucester Gardens, W. O'RORKE, Sir George Maurice, speaker of the house of representatives. New Zealand, knighted by letters patent, 12 July, 1880. O'SHANESSY, Sir John, k.c.m.g. 1874 (c.m.g. 1869), knight of St. Gregory the Great 1858, chief sec. Victoria 1857/9, 1861/3, member executive council since 1857 (son of John O'Shanessv): b. 1818; m. 1839, Margaret, dau. of Michael McDonnell, of Thurles, co. Tipperary. Tara Hall, Hawthorn, near Melbourne. OWDEN, Alderman Sir Thomas Scamblee, knighted 1878 when lord mayor of city of London, one of h.m.'s lieuts. for city, sheriff Lon- don and Middx. 1870/1 (son of John Owden, of Cuckfield. Sussex); b. 1808; m. 1837, Frances Mary, eldest dau. of Mr. John Rigby, and has with other issue a son and dau. (1) John Scambler (2nd son), m. 29 June. 1881. Amy Battersby. eldest dau. of Walter J Wheeler, of Belfast. (2) Frances Mary (eldest dau.), m. 22 Sept. 1864, to Samuel Hopgood Hart, of London. Mulgrave House. Sutton, Surrey. OWEN, Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe, k.c.m.g. 1878, C.B., CLE. formerly r.n. superintendent Paris exhilDition 1855, deputy-gen. superintendent South Kensington museum 1857/60, assist.-director 1860, &;c. sec. royal commission Vienna exhibition 1873, commissioner Philadelphia exhibition 1876, director South Kensington museum since 1874, sec. royal commission Paris exhibition 1878 (youngest son of Capt. Charles Cunliffe Owen, E.N. by Mary, only dau. of late Sir Henry Blossett, CJ. Bengal; ; b. 8 June, 1828 ; m. Jenny, dau. of Baron Fritz Von Reitzenstein, col.-comdt. royal Prussian horso guards, and has with other issue a son and dau. (1) Fritz, who has a dau. b. 13 May. 1880. (2) Gertrude Agnes, eldest dau. m. 10 Aug. 1880, as 2nd wife, to Major Guilbert WiUiam Wyndham Malet, B j.. (Bart.) 2, The Residences, South Kensington Museum, s.w. OWENS, Sir George Bolster, knighted 1876. when lord mayor of Dublin (son of George Owens, barrack-master, Limerick); b. 4 Dec. 1809: m. 21 Sept. 1831, Rebecca Anna Letitia, 3rd dau. of late Major WiUiam Owen, 67th regt. and has 3 sons and a dau. (1) Edmund fifrench, Ueut. 100th regt.; b. 15 Sept. 1850; m. 21 July, 1880, Mary, dau. of late Joseph Seddon Scholes, Esq. of Crumpsall HaU, Manchester. 126, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. PACKER, (Hon.) Sir Charles (1879), chief justice of Barbados since 1874, m.l.c. 1868, solicitor-gen. 1847, attorney-gen. in that island 1859, and bar.-at-law i.t. 1841 (son of late John C Packer, of Barbados); b. 1816; m. 1841, Amelia Rebecca, dau. of J. T. Ellis, of Barbados. PAGET. Right Hon. Sir Augustus Berkeley, P.C K.C.B. 1863. ambassador at Rome since 1876, son of late Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, G.c.B. (See Peerage — M. Anglesey.) Rome. PALLISER, Col. Sir Charles Hentry, k.c.e. (22 Feb. 1881), Bengal s.c brig.-gen. Bengal army 1881, of Candahar force Affghan war 1879 80