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210 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. Y. Thornton Martin, of Melbourne, b. 24th November, 1867. VI. Harry Lascelles, b. 2nd February, 1869. Til. Reginald Septimus, b. 26th July, 1870. Yiii. Rupert, b. lOtb December, 1871. IX. Kirby Montagu, b. 19th September, 1873. X. Norman Gear, b. 5th September, 1876, deceased. I. Lucy de Guzman, b. 1st February, 1864. II. Enid, b. 5th September, 1874. ULtncanE. This family of Boyd, of the co. of Mayo, Ireland, descends from John Boyd, who came to Ireland in 1716. He acquired pro- perty near the town of Killala, and is said to Lave been related to the Earl of Kilmarnock, who was beheaded for the part he took in the Kebellion of 1745. Majoe Alexander Boyd, b. at Killala, CO. Mayo, Ireland, and baptised there, August, 1792; m. at Gibraltar, li-lth October, 1812, Susan, 4th daughter of Major Robert Browne, of Shrule and Hedford, co. Mayo. She was b. 1786, baptised at Dundalk 15th May, 1796, d. at Derby, 17th July, 1873, and was buried at' Kensal Green, co. Middlesex. Major Boyd d. 21st May, 1869, and was buried at Kensal Green, leaving issue, I. Louis Alexander, captain 36th Foot. II. Robert Thomas Browne (lieutenant- colonel). III. Alexander Fielding, C.M.G., of Walkergate, Beverley, Yorkshire, late treasurer-general of the Ionian Islands, m. the daughter of C. Eagueneau, of Beverley, and has an only son, Alexan- der Charles, LL.B. (Cambridge), J. P., of The Lakes, Dukinfield, Cheshire, and of the New University Club, London, who was b. 1852, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1875. lY. John Theodoee Thomas, of whom we treat. Y. Frederick William Arthur. I. Mary Francis Meyrick. Anns used — Az. a fesse checquy betiv. three cinque/oils in chief and a crescent in base. Crest — A dexter hand cowped at the wrist erect pointing with the thumb and first two fingers, the others turning down. Residence — Glenfern, Inkerman - road, East St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Estates — In Moorcargill and Bluff, New Zealand, and in Victoria, Austi-alia. jpamilj) of 23rofcDne. The family of Browne, of Shrule and i Hedford, descend from Matthew Browne, j son of Rby. Robert Browne who came to Ireland as private chaplain to the Earl of | Strafford. Matthew Browne served on the staff of Marshal Schomberg at the battle of the Boyne in 1690, and for his services William III granted him the estates of Shrule and Hedford, co. Galway. He left two sons, and from John, the eldest, this lamily claims descent. Major Robert Browne, of Shrule and ! Hedford, above-mentioned, m. Miss Elizabeth Swift, of Dublin, and had issue, I. Robert. II. Ricliard, of the Royal Marines.. III. Thomas, major 67th Regiment of Foot. lY. Fielding, colonel, C.B. I. Frances. II. Catherine. III. Elizabeth. IV. Susan, who m. the above-mentioned Major Alexandeh Boyd. mit) oi jMarrj>atbiIIe. SMITH, SIR EDWIN THOMAS, K.C.M.G., M.P., J.P. (since 1868), of The Acacias, Marryatville, Adelaide, South Australia, ex-mayor of Adelaide, son of the late Edwin Smith, Esq. of Walsall, co. Stafford, b. 6th April, 1831 ; m. 1st, 1857, Florence, daughter of Robert Stock. Esq. of Clifton (she d. 1862) ; and 2ndly, 1869, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Spicer, Esq. of Adelaide. Sir E. T. Smith was educated at Qneeu Mary's Grammar