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BURKE'S COLOXIAL GENTRY. 135 vr. Dugald, b. r2th April, 1870. VII. John, b. 1st May, 1876. I. Alice Jane, b. 17th January, 1856 ; m. 8th March, 1882, Charles E. Webb, Esq. of Walgett, New South Wales. II. May Adelaide, b. 1st April, 1862. III. Jessie Musgrave, b. 31st December, 1865. IT. Margaret, b. 21st May, 1868. T. Marion, b. 13th December, 1871. Mr. Macpherson left Greenock for the colony of Victoria in 1840. Uincaae. Kenneth Macpli arson, living in the reign of Alexander III, eldest son of Ewan Baan, 2nd eon of Murdoch, parson of Kingousie, cap- tain of the clan Chattan, m. Isabel, daughter of Ferquhard Mackintosh, of Mackintosh, hy whom he had two sons, i, Duncan, of Cluny, ancestor of the great House of Macpherson, of Cluny, the chiefs of which filled, genera- tion after generation, a prominent place in the local history of Scotland ; li. Bean, or Benjamin, ancestor of the Macphersons of Brin. DuGALD Macpheeson, Esq. of Badenoch, and afterwards of Strone, near Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland, taxman, descended from the family of Macpherson, of Cluny, CO. Invei-ness, was b. in 17-16, and d. at Brackley in 1S37, leaving issue : 1, Dugald, 2, Hugh, of Brackley, Lochgilphead, Argyll- shire, taxman, who d. ahout 1865, leaving a widow and two daughters. The elder son, Dtjgald Macpheksox, Esq. of Ashens, Argyllshire, taxman, was b. at Strone, Kil- mun, Argyllshire, in 1782 ; m. Jane, daughter of Peter McKellar, Esq. of Bramfield, Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, taxman, son of Mal- colm McKellar, Esq. She was b. at Bram- field, June, 1800, and now resides at Ashens, Helensburgh, Scotland. He d. at Ashens, 1862, having had issue, I. Dugald, of whom we treat. II. Peter, of Paika, near Balranald, Caira co.. New South Wales, b. 1827 ; m. November, 1864, Eliza, youngest daughter of Richard O'Cock, Esq. of St. Kilda, near Melbourne, solicitor, and sister of Mrs. Dugald Macpher- son, and has, 1. Walter Alexander, b. 7th August, 1865. 2. John Allan, b. 7th September, 1872. 3. Sydney Eonald, b. 6th Mai-ch, 1879. 4. Leslie Mitchell, b. 17th May, 1881. 1. Florence Catherine, b. 28th January, 1867. 2. Jane, b. 8th August, 1868. 3. Margaret Ethell, b. 3rd April, 1871. 4. Constance May, b. 6th Februarr, 1876. III. John, b. 1st August, 1835 ; d. at Nice, 1888, on his way to England. I. Margaret, b. 1818; d. 1887. II. Jessie, b. 1822 ; m. July, 1858, Alexander Francis Leslie, Esq., factor to the Earl of Fife, and has issue, 1. Alexander, b. 12th May, 1859. 1. Jane McKellar, b. 12th August, 1860. 2. Elizabeth Murray, b. 22nd Oc- tober, 1863. III. Catherine, b. 1826 ; ot. Januarv, 1861, William Mitchell, Esq. of Suc- coth, Argyllshire, Scotland, and has one surviving son, William, b. November, 1863. Arms used — Per f esse or. and az., a lymphad of the first, ivith her sails furled, oars in action, ma-st and tackling all ppr., flag fly- ing gu., in the dexter chief point a hand couped, grasping a dagger, point upxcards gu., in the sinister chief a cross crosslet fifc'/ee if the last. Crest — A cat sejant ppr. Motto — Touch not the cat but a glove. Residences — Bungeeltap and Emily Park, Ballan ; Nliill Station, Nhill, Lowan co., all in Victoria ; and Paddington, Cobar, New South Whales. jHurrap of jHtttaijiDns. MURRAY, HIS HONOUR CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSON, of Drameevin, Mittagong, New South Wales, district court judge, b. 1st August, 1812 ; m. 29th November, 1877, Arabella Marcella, daughter of the late Nicholas O'Connor, Esq., M.D., of Mallow, co. Cork, Ireland, first- class staff surgeon, and has issue,