BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 139 and her ■widower re-m. in 1878, the widow of Dr. Rowland Traill. Katherine Marion, m. 20th June, 1849, His Honour James Sheen Dowling, of Sydney, N.S.W., District Court Judge, and has issue five sons and one daugh- ter (see Dowling of Sydney). Oetavia Jane, m. Rev. Robert Mofl'att, and d. .i.p. in May, 1877. Residence — Hillside, Edgecliffe-road, WooUahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ©smantr tsi g)tatotlL OSMAND, HON. WILLIAM HENRY SEVILLE, of the Sycamores, Stawell, in the colony of Victoria, member of the Legislative Council of that colony for the province of Nelson (elected 1888), h. at Stoke Damerel, CO. Devon, England, 10th April, 1824 ; emigrated to Victoria, 1850 ; m. at Christ Church, St. Kilda, 18th October, 1862, Mary Jane, only child and heir of Thomas Wood, Esq., sometime of Bideford, co. Devon, by Mary Anne Ropei', his vrife, but has no issue. Prior to Mr. Osmand's emigration he had served in the Royal Navy, having been commissioned as acting second master to the "Antelope," 11th September, 1847, and to the " Trincomalee " 17th same month. James Osmond, of Somersmill, in the parish of Willand, co. Devon, yeoman (great grandson of Thomas Osmond, of Stagmill, in the parish of Uplowman), recorded his pedigree at the Heralds' Visitation of Devon, 1620. He d. October, 1644, having m. Johane, daughter of William Chamberlaine or Chamberlvn, of Halberton, and left issue six sons and three daughters. Geoege Osmond or Osmand, of Halber- ton, yeoman, one of the younger sons of James Osmond, of Somersmill, d. 1681, leaving by Welthian, his wife (who d. 1688), three sons, James, Philip, and George, whose descendants lived at Halberton, Sampford Peverell, and elsewhere iti the neighbourhood, and one of whom — owning property in or near Topsham — is said to have been the father of James Osmand, Esq., I. at Edinburgh, 1775, and, having studied under Sir Joshua Brooks, entered the Royal Navy 10th June, 1797, as surgeon's mate on board H.M.S. " Gibraltar " ; qualified at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, 1808 ; ranked as assist- ant surgeon 6th June in that year ; ap- pointed surgeon 30th August, 18C9, and was placed on the half -pay list 28th December, 1824, when he went to reside at Ridgeway, Plympton St. Mary, co. Devon. For his services at Algiers and Ti-afalgar (on board the " Swiftsure ") Surgeon Osmand received the medal and clasp in 1848. He m. 18th September, 1804, Elizabeth, daughter of James Baker, of Stoke Damerel, shipwright, and by her (who d. 26th October, 1848, aged 65 years, and was buried there) had issue two children, William Henry Seville (Hon.). Elizabeth Jane Seville, baptised 2nd January, 1820, d. an infant. Surgeon Osmand d. 26th February, 1849, and was buried at Plympton St. Mary, where liis son has placed a tablet and window to his memory. Residence — The Sycamores, Stawell, Vic- toria, Australia. RUTLEDGE, THOMAS FORSTER, Esq. of Werronggnrt, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, J. P., h. at Port Fairy, co. Villiers, 19th April, 1846 ; m. 3rd August, 1876, Edith Annie Lydia, eldest daughter of the late John Ritchie, Esq. of Boodcarra and Aringa, co. Villiers, Victoria, J. P. (by Sarah Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Charles Davis, Esq. of Sydney, N.S.W.), and granddaughter of the Rev. Dr. Ritchie, of Torbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, and has issue, I. Noel Eeresford Forster, h. 10th Februarv, 1SS6.
