BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 245 sent out by the Government in 1869 to search for Leichhardt, for which services he received the thanks of the Governor and Legislative Council, and was presented with the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society on 22nd May, 1876, and also with a grant in fee of 6,000 acres of land by the Imperial Government. The same year he was appointed deputy surveyor-general of Western Australia. He acted as commissioner of Crown Lands and surveyor-general, from September, 1878, to January, 1879 ; acting comptroller of Convicts from May, 1880, to July, 1881 ; appointed commissioner of Crown Lands and surveyor-general of Western Australia in January, 1883, and colonial treasurer and premier, on the inauguration of responsible government, 1891. He was created C.M.G., 1882; author of Explorations in Australia, 1876, Notes on Western Australia, 1884, 1885, and 1886; represented the Colony at the Colonial Conference in London, 1887. HineaaE. This family is believed to have originally come from France. John Fobeest, Esq. (at that time pro- nounced Foret), a merchant of Bervie, near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, h. 1759. He erected the first spinning mill in Kincardineshire, m. twice, and d. 1826, having had by his first wife two sons and two daughters, viz., I. James, of whom presently. II. Thomas, went to the West Indies, and d. there. I. Agnes, m Dixon, Esq., and had issue, Rev. James ; Thomas, an artist ; David ; and William. II. Mary. James Foekest, Esq., b. in 1789, at Bervie, Kincardineshire ; trained to the law, and became a writer to the signet ; m. Mary Cheyne, and d. 1856, leaving an only son, William Foeeest, Esq. of Leschenault, near Bunbury, Western Australia, civil engineer, h. 1819 ; emigrated to Western Australia in 1842 ; m. at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1840, Margaret, daughter of David Hill, Esq., and has issue, I. William, h. 1842; m. 1864, Mary Ann, davighter of John Fowler, Esq., and has issue, 1. Alexander. 2. Walter. 3. Edward. 1. Grace. 2. Edith. 3. Agnes. 4. Maud. 5. Laura. 6. Eva. 7. Una. n. James HiU, b. 1845 ; m. 1870, Annie Maria, daughter of W. C. Eamsay, Esq., and has issue, 1. Cunningham. 2. William. 3. Matthew. 1. Mary. 2. Annie. 3. Margaret. 4. Rose. 5. Minnie. 6. Grace. III. John (Hon.), of Perth, the subject of this article. IV. Alexander, M.I.C.E., of Perth, West- ern Australia, member of the Legisla- tive Assembly for West Kimberley, and one of the representatives of the colony of Western Australia at the National Australasian Federal Con- vention ; b. 1849 ; m. 1880, Amy, eldest daughter of Edward Barrett- Lennard, Esq. of Annandale, Western Australia (see Baeeett-Lennaed, Bt., in Burke's Peerage), and has issue, 1. Kimberly Fitzroy, 2. Anthony. 3. John. 1. Sylvia. Mr. Alexander Forrest accompanied his brother John in his expeditions in 1870 and 1874, and subsequently made expeditions in Western Australia without the assistance of his brother. V. David, b. 1852; m. 1881, Mary, daughter of John W. Parker, Esq., and has issue. VI. Robert, b. 1854; m. 1875, Esther Cons. VII. George, b. 1858, m. Alice O'Neil, and has issue, 1. Ernest. 1. Flora. 2. Blanche. Arms — Arg., on a mount a forest of trees ppr., on a chief az. three stars of eight points of the first. Crest — A cubit arm erect, vested az. cuff arg. the hand ppr. holding a cross botonny fitchee in bend sinister of the second. Motto — Vivunt dum virent. Residence — Hay-street, Perth, Western Australia.
