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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 155 appointed crown prosecutor; resigned that office in 1877; was returned to the Legislative Assembly, 1878 ; the same year was appointed attorney-general of Victoria, and premier in 1881, retiring in 1883; appointed Q.C., 1890. In 1877, he was returned, though absent, to the British House of Commons, as member for Clare, Ireland, which seat was declared vacant by the Committee of Elections of the House of Commons, '24th April, 1879. Sir Bryan s. his brother as third baronet, 22nd July, 1877. Himage. The O'Loglilen family have been for cen- turies settled in Clare, and, before the coming of the English into Ireland, ruled over the territory in the north of Clare, now known as the Barony of Burren. COLMAN O'LOGHLEN, Esq., J. P., of Port, iu the CO. of Clare, b. 17-15, m. 1st, the daugh- ter of Bartholomew O'Connell, Esq., and sister of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. of Kilgorey, CO. Clare, which lady d. s.p. ; and 2ndly, in August, 1783, Susannah, daughter of Michael Tinuoane, M.D., of Ennis, co. Clare, by whom (who d. 1821) he left, at his decease, in May, 1810, five sons and one daughter, viz., I. Hugh, of Port, h. 1st October, 1784, m. 2nd February, 1815, Barbara, daughter of John Flanagan, Esq. of Clogher, co. Roscommon, and d. 9th May, 1849, having by her (who d. 1820) had issue, 1. Colman, b. 28th April, 1817, d. unm., November, 1848. 2. Hugh, b. in 1818, d. 1874. 1. Winifred, b. 27th January, 1816. 2. Barbara, b. June, 1819. II. Colman, d. unm. in 1826. III. Terence, d. unm. in 1828. IV. Michael, created a baronet in 1838. V. Bryan, of Rockview, co. Clare, b. 9lh November, 1790, who m., in Dublin, Ellen, daughter of Daniel Kelly, Esq. of Dublin, and sister of Bidelia, wife of the Right Hon. Sir Michael O'Loghlen, first baronet, and had issue. I. Luoinda, b. 1785, m. to Hewitt Bridge- man, Esq. of Turnie, co. Clare, M.P. for Ennis ; and d. s.p., in August, 1839. The 4th son, The Right Hon. Sir Michael O'Logh- len, Bakt., b. 6th October, 1789, a distin- guished lawyer, was caUed to the Irish Bar in 1811. Having filled successively the ofiices of solicitor-general of Ireland in 1834, and attorney-general of Ireland in 1835, and. having been during that period M.P. for Dun- garvan, he was elevated to the Irish bench as a baron of the exchequer in 1836, which office he relinquished on being made master of the rolls in Ireland the following year. He was created a baronet, 16th July, 1838. Sir Michael was the first Roman Catholic that, since the revolution of 1688, was raised to a judicial office, either in England or Ire- land. He m., 3rd September, 1817, Bidelia, daughter of Daniel Kelly, Esq. of Dublin, and had issue, I. Colman Michael, second baronet. II. Hugh Ross, b. 10th May, 1827, d. unm., 19th November, 1850. III. Bryan, present baronet. IV. Michael, barrister-at-law, b. 28th November, 1829. I. Maria, b. 8th September, 1818, d. unm. in 1839. II. Susan, b. 1st November, 1820, m. to John Woulfe Flanagan, Esq., D.L., of Drumdoe, Boyle, co. Roscommon, who d. 1869. She d. November, 1880. III. Bideha, b. 24th January, 1822. IV. Lucy, b. 4th October, 1825, d. 1884. Sir Michael d. in 1842, and was s. by his eldest son. The Right Hon. Sir Colman Michael O'Loghlen, second baronet, P.C, Q.C., and second serjeantin Ireland, b. 20th September, 1819, filled the office of judge advocate- general from 1868 to 1870, and represented the CO. of Clare in Parliament from 1863 up to his death, 22nd July, 1877. Dying unm., he was s. by his brother. Sir Bryan O'Logh- len, thu-d and present baronet. Arms — G-u. a man in armour shooting an arrow from a cross-bow, ppr. Cre.st — On a ducal coronet, or, an anchor erect, entwined with a cable, ppr. Motto — Anchora salutis. Seat — Drumconora, Ennis, co. Clare, Ire- land. Eesidenee — Manhattan, Barkly-street, St. KUda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. WINTER-IRVING, HON. WILLIAM IRVING, of Noorilim, Goulbura river, Moira co., Victoria, Australia, J.P., member of the Legis- lative Council of Victoria, h. at Edinburgh, Scotland, 20th February, 1840 ; in. at Noorilim, Victoria, 30th June, 1868, Frances Amelia, only daughter of