BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 81 prime minister and attorney-general and minister for education, 1884 to 1887. Sir Robert is president of the Danedin Preethought Society, and founded the Otago Schoolmasters' Association, now the Educational Institute of Otago, of which he is also president. He formerly contributed constantly to the press, for three years was editor of an important weekly journal in Otago, and has contributed largely to the New Zealand Magazine. He was created K.C.M.G., 1886. Htneage. This family is of Norse or Danish origin, and has been resident in the southern portion of the Shetland Isles for many centuries. Robert Stout, a builder, held real pro- perty in Shetland, part of which is still held by his grandson, Hon. Sir Robert Stout. He m. Grace Williamson, and had a son, Thomas Stout, of Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland, who m. first, Margaret Smith, of Celtic origin, whose family was also long resident in the Shetland Isles. By her (who d. 3rd October, 1858) he had issue, I. Robert (Hon. Sir), now of Bankton. II. George Smith, unm. III. Thomas, m. 1884, and has issue two children. I. Janet, m., 1878, John Macgregor, Esq., M.A., barrister-at-law, and has issue, a son, Thomas Stout, b. 1879. By his second wife he had issue, IV. WilUam Anderson, m., 1887, and has issue a daughter. V. John Bannatyne, unm. Mr. Thomas Stout d. 11th March, 1879. Mesidence — Bankton, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. ©'^KMxmx. O'HALLORAN, JOSEPH SYLVESTER, Esq. of Carlisle-place, Victoria- street, London, formerly of Adelaide, South Australia, secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland-avenue, London, h. at Adelaide, 28th March, 1842, m. 17th August, 1886, Alice Mary, daughter of the late Henry Simpson, Esq. of Ridge Park, Adelaijde. In 1859, Mr. O'Halloran received an appointment in the Audit Office, South Australia, and, after passing ten years in that department, was, in 1869, appointed clerk to the Executive Council and clerk to the Court of Appeals, which offices he retained until 1871 ; acted also as private secretary to the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, Bart., governor of the colony of South Australia, from February to May, 1870; was appointed assistant-secretary and librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, April, 1881, and in December, 1883, was promoted to the position of secretary. Soon after his retirement from the government service, in 1871, Mr. O'Halloran came to England, and found occupation in the city of London, where he filled secretarial appointments for a period extending over seven years. In 1873 he proceeded to New Zealand and travelled through both islands, visited the Cape of Good Hope in 1877, in the following year re-visited Australia, in 1882 proceeded to north-western Canada, and again visited Canada in 1884. Mr. O'Halloran has also formed an acquaintance with many of the smaller Colonies. He was a member of the London Committee of the Jubilee Exhibition, held in Adelaide, 1887. Hmcage Hugh O'Halloran, of Clanf'ergeal, de- scended from the ancient family of that name VOL. I. who held lands on the east of Lough Corrib, CO. Galway, was father of
