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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 281 ]. Frances Edith, b. 1837; m. to the Rev. James Christian Corlette, M.A., LL.D. Oxon., vicar of Ashfield, New South Wales, and has issue, four sons and three daughters. n. Emily Matilda, b. 1845 ; m. 1873, Henry Heron, Esq., and d. 25th Augast, 1890, having had issue, five sons and one daughter. She ■was known as a writer under the nom de plume of " Australie," many of her productions having appeared in the columns of the Sydney Mor?iing Herald and the Sydney Mail. Her best known work was The Balance of Pain. He m. secondly, 7th June, 1849, Eliza Anne, second daughter of the Very Rev. William Sowerby, dean of Goulburn, New South Wales, and by her has issue, ir. William Hubert, B.A. Oxon., M.A. Sydney, barrister-at-law of Lincoln's Inn, b. 1851 ; m. 1880, Annie, daughter of B. Parkinson NickoUs, Esq. of Sydney, New South Wales, but has no issue. III. Gertrude, b. 1860 ; w. Richard Philp, Esq., M.A., LL.D. (Dublin), of Geelong, Victoria, school inspector, barrister-at-law. IV. Helen Mary, b. 1866 ; m. at All Saints' Church, Woollahra, April, 1888, Greville Phillips Tregarthen, Esq. of Sydney. The Hon. Sir W. M. Manning was educated at Tavistock, Devon ; South- ampton, CO. Hants ; and University College, London ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, November, 1832 ; emigrated to New South Wales, September, 1837; chairman of Quarter Sessions of New South Wales, 1837 to 1844; solicitor-general, 1844 to 1848 ; acting judge of Supreme Court, 1848 to 1849 ; again solicitor-general, 1849 to 1856 ; appointed a nominee member of the Legislative Council, in 1851 ; elected as representative for South Cumberland, in the Legislative Assembly, under New Constitution, in 1856, and the same year became attorney-general, retiring the following year ; Q.C., 1857 ; again attorney- general, 1860, and 1868-9 ; knighted in March, 1858, when on a visit to England ; returned to the colony in 1859 ; nominated a life member of the Legislative Council, 1861; retired on elevation to the bench, 1876 ; judge of Supreme Court, 1876 ; Equity judge, 1881 ; and retired, 1887 ; re-nominated to the Legislative Council, 1888. He was elected life fellow of Sydney University in 1861, and chancellor, 1878, which office he has con- tinued to hold till the present time ; has been president of the New South Wales Rifle Association from its commencement in 1860 ; president and vice- president of various other institutions ; published Notes of Proceedings in Electoral Revision Courts, 1832, and jointly edited Nevile and Manning's Heports in Court of King's Bench, 1832 to 1836. Hineagc. The family of Maiming is said to be de- scended from an ancient and noble family residing in a town of the same name in Saxony, whence they came to England before the Conquest, and settled in Kent. William Manning, Esq. of Harding- stone, CO. Northampton, h. 1620, had issue, William. James (Eev.), vicar of Hardingstone. Samuel (Kev.), vicar of Preston Deanery, CO. Northampton. The eldest son, William Manning, Esq. of Hardingstone, b. 1650, was father of William Manning, Esq. of Hardingstone, b. 1681 ; ;«. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin