Lineage.
The Hearns were originally seated in Northumberland, England. Ford Castle, in that county, was the seat of the Heron family, to which family belonged "Sir Hugh the Heron," mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in Marmion. The first to settle in Ireland, about 1713, was,
The Venerable Daniel Heren, M.A., Archdeacon of Cashel, 1726 to 1766. He m. Miss D'Oyley, and had issue,
I. Robert Thomas, of whom presently.
II. George.
I. Arabella, m. the Rev. P. Dundas, rector of Mullingar.
Robert Thomas Hearn, Esq., of the 14th Light Dragoons, m. first. Miss Colclough, by whom he had issue several daughters and two sons,
I. Daniel James, of Correagh, co. Westmeath, Ireland, lieutenant-colonel of the 43rd Regiment, m., and had issue a son, Robert Thomas, major 76th regiment, who m. Amelia Maria, daughter of Captain Henry Wilson, of the 37th Regiment, and d. 1862, leaving issue,
1. Daniel James (Rev.), rector of Kilmurry, in the diocese of Cork, Ireland, who had the following arms confirmed to him and to the other descendants of his grand-father:—Per pale gu. and az. a chev. between three herons arg. Crest—On a mount vert a heron as in the arms. Motto—Ardua petit ardea.
2. Charles Richard Mont Orgueil, of Templenew, near Bally shannon, Co. Donegal, and of the City and County Conservative Club, Dublin, Ireland, b. 1850, m. 1875, Ellie, only child of the late James Thornley, Esq. of Templenew, and has issue, two daughters.
II. Mark, drowned in the Isle of Man.
He m. secondly, Juliet Frances, daughter of Major Michael Fleming, of Roadstown, co. Sligo, and by her had issue,
III. Michael, captain in the army, d. unm., killed at Aboukir.
IV. James, of the 34th Regiment, d. in India, unm.
V. Henry, captain in 91st Regiment, m. Miss Whitehead, and d., leaving one son. Rev. Henry Thomas, B.A., Trinity College, Dublin, curate of Ramsbury-with-Axford, Hungerford, co. Wilts, England.
VI. William Edward (Rev.), of whom presently.
VII. John, of the 60th Rifles, d. unm.
I. Juliet, m. William Strangways, of co. Kilkenny, captain in the 80th Regiment.
The sixth son,
Rev. William Edward Hearn, M.A., vicar of Killargue, co. Leitrim, and afterwards of Kildrumferton, co. Cavan, Irehind, m. 1821, Henrietta Alicia Reynolds, of Kinsale, Ireland. She d. 1876. He d. May, 1855, having had issue seven sons and three daughters.
One of the former, Hon. William Edward Hearn, A.M., LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin, of the University of Melbourne, and of Heronswood, Dromana, co. Mornington, Victoria, Australia, member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, was b. at Belturbet, co. Cavan, Ireland, 21st April, 1826; educated at the Royal School of Enniskillen, under the Rev. Dr. Graham, and subsequently at Trinity College, Dublin, was professor of Greek, Queen's College, Galway, and afterwards examiner to the Queen's University of Ireland. He went to Melbourne in 1854, having been selected as professor of modern history, modern literature, logic, and political economy in the University of Melbourne, and on a redistribution of subjects became professor of history and political economy in that university. He subsequently resigned his professorship and became dean of the faculty of laws in the University of Melbourne on the establishment of that faculty in 1873. In August, 1878, he was returned to the Legislative Council as member for the Central Province, was one of Her Majesty's counsel in Victoria, chancellor of Melbourne University, and was the author of Plutology,a Textbook on Political Economy, and other standard works. He m. first, at St. Paul's Church, Dublin, 14th December, 1847. Rose, daughter of the Rev. W. J. H. Le Fanu, rector of St. Paul's, Dublin, and by her (who d. 11th June, 1877, and was buried in Melbourne Cemetery) had issue,
I. William Edward Le Fanu, M.D., now of Hamilton.
I. Charlotte Catherine Frances, unm.
II. Rosalie Juliet Josephine, m. 11th July, 1884, James Young, Esq. of Tower Hill, Victoria, J.P., but has no issue.
III. Henrietta Alicia, unm.
He m. secondly, at Trinity College Chapel, Melbourne, 29th August, 1878, Isabel, daughter of Major W. G. St. Clair, of the 9th Regiment, Dublin, and d. 23rd April, 1888. He possessed property in the parishes of Kangerong, Wannacue, and Fingal, co. Mornington, Victoria.
Arms—Per pale gu. and az. a chevron between three herons arg. Crest—On a mount vert a heron as in the arms. Motto—Ardua petit ardea.
Residence—Hamilton, Victoria, Australia.
