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274 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. III. Francis Legard, h. 1885, at Tealby. I. Elizabeth Jane. II. Emily Frere. III. Edith Sophia. IV. Margaret Alice. T. Elinor Escreet. Tl. Daphne Mary. 2. Percival John, in. at Stoke New- ington, 1867, Alice Sarah Webb, and d. in 1887, having had issue, I. Percival Herbert. I. Alice Sarah, d. an infant. II. Mary Maud. III. Alice Marion. 3. James Edward, m. 1874, Adeline Hay Carr, and has a son, Hugh James. 1. Sophia, m. 1880, Charles Frede- rick Bode, Esq., but has no issue. II. Alexander Percival, d. unm. III. James Davies (Hon.), of Lan- caster. I. Elizabeth, m Malothlin, an officer in the Russian Army, and d. at St. Petersburg, leaving one son. II. A daughter, m. Henry Wilding, Esq. of All Stretton, Shropshire, and d., leaving one son. III. Hannah, m. Rev. Mr. Evans, rector of a parish near Swansea, in Wales, and d., leaving issue. Arms used — Or, a chev. engr. az., in chief three escallops gu., in base a buck's head, erased, of the last. Crest — A .sea lion ppr. tail nowed, holding in the paws a shield gti. charged with an escallop or. Residence — Lancaster, co. St. John, New Brunsvpick, Dominion of Canada. Steele of Carlton. STEELE, FREDERICK CHARLES, Esq. of Carlton House, Carlton, Tasmania, J. P. since 1877, and was in the Sorell Coancil for nine years, I. at Carlton House, Carlton, Tasmania, 19th January, 1834; m. at Sorell, Tasmania, 28th April, 1864, Nancy Eliza, youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth Halstead, of Yorkshire, England, and has issue, I. Gertrude Elizabeth. II. Nancy Eliza Byani, m. 2nd October, 1888, Henry Cole, Esq. of Cressy, Tasmania. III. Alice Mary. IV. Lilian Mabel. ILtneage. Rev. Sampson Steele, chaplain to King George III, was buried in Bridgar parish churchyard, co. Kent, England. He was father of Joseph Sampson Steele, Esq., lieutenant R.N., of Carlton House, Carlton, Tasmania, J.P., 6. at Bridgar, co. Kent; entered the Navy 24th August, 1804 ; was present at the taking of Monte Video in February, 1807, and on 24th January, 1811, he was placed in command of the " Morne Fortunee " schooner, in the West Indies, with the rank of lieu- tenant, returning home from the West Indies in September, 1813; and was lastly, from 15th April until 1st September, 1815, em- ployed in the North Sea in the " Conflict." He emigrated to Tasmania about the year 1822, and settled on the Carlton River, where he remained many years, and subse- quently went to Studley Park, Forcett. Soon after his arrival in Tasmania, he was ap- pointed a justice of the peace. He m. 1st May, 1809, and d. at Studley Park, Forcett, in 1849, having had nine sons and four daughters, of whom, Edward Sampson, Joseph Sampson, Anthony Wyke, Richard, James Gordon, John Thomas, Ellen Mary, and Elizabeth Anno, all d. leaving issue ; and Sarah d. in infancy. His only surviving children are, Josephine Octavia, third daugh- ter, and the present Feederick Charles Steele, Esq., who was the youngest son. Arms used — Arg. a hend counter componee sa. and or, between two lions' heads erased gu., on a chief az. three billets of the first. Crest — A demi eagle displ. holding in the beak a snake, all ppr. Residence — Carlton House, Carlton, Tas- mania. Estates — At Carlton (2,000 acres), and White Sea, Sorell, both in Tasmania.