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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 16.- was buiied in Brighton Cemetery, co. Sussex. They had issue, I. Francis Aethtje, now of Jackson Dale, in the Colony of Fiji. II. Freeman Rayney, of Wanganui, New Zealand, J. P. for that colony, was formerly of the Birchwood, and Mani- pori Lake sheep stations, and was a member for Riverton in the Council of the province of Southland, New Zealand, b. at the Vicarage, Riccall, CO. York, 27th October, 1838 ; m. at Waldeek, New Zealand, 19th February, 1859, Anna Eleanor Augusta, youngest daughter of the late John Shea-Lawlor, Esq. of Gurteenrue, co. Cork, Ireland, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Daniel Mahony, Esq. of Dunloe Castle, Killarney, co. Kerry, Ireland (see " Mahont of Dunloe Castle," in Burke's Landed Oentry), and has issue, 1. Freeman Lawlor. 2. Henry Herbert. 3. Edward Rayney. 1. Florence Charlotte, m. J. R. Mason, Esq. of The Hutt, Wel- lington, and of Napier, New Zea- land, and haa issue. 2. Mary Letitia. III. Heney Bowee, of Telau {see next article) . I. Charlotte Letitia, authoress of A Romance of Posilipo, and other works ; m. at Christchurch, New Zealand, 9th March, 1858, her cousin, Thomas Woollaston White, Esq. of The Warren Station, Canterbury, New Zealand {b. 25th May, 1829), eldest son of the Rev. Taylor White, yicar of Norton- Cuckney, co. Notts (by Dorothy Letitia, his wife, daughter of Colonel John Kirke, of Markham and Retford, co. Notts, before mentioned), and grand- son of Sir Thomas Woollaston White, first bart., of Walling Wells, near Worksop, CO. Notts (see Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'). Mr. Thomas Woollaston White d. s.p. 1887. II. Henrietta Priscilla, m. first, at Christ Church, Canterbury, New Zealand, Thomas George Dyson Holland, Esq., and by him (who d. 29th July, 1869) had issue, a son, Thomas George Harold Woollaston Dyson Holland, of the Bank of Australasia; and a daughter, d, soon after birth. She m. secondly, Edward Harold De Courcy Martelli, Esq., and by him (who was killed by his horse falling over a stone wall, whilst hunting) had issue, two sons and three daughters. She m. thirdly, James Alfred Selfe, Esq., son of Henry Selfe Selfe, Esq., a London police magistrate, by .Anna Maria, his wife, eldest riaughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Spooner (seeunder"lNNES- LlLLINGSTON OF BaETLET LoDGE," in Burke's Landed Gentry), by .Anna Maria Sidney, his wile, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Lucius O'Brien, third bart., of Dromoland, co. Clare, Ireland (see under " Loed Inchiquin," in Bvirke's Peerage). The mother of Mr. James Alfred Selfe was eldest sister of Catherine, wife of the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, arch- bishop of Canterbury. III. Frances Marion Mervyn, posthu- mous child ; m. at Waldeek, New Zealand, 22nd July, 1861, Thomas Smith Wright, Esq. of Dipton Bush sheep station, eldest son of Isaac Wright, Esq. of Hobart, Tasmania, wool broktr and merchant, and has had issue, a son, Ernest, d. June, 1882, and a daughter, Ada, b. 1868. Arms — Per pale gu. and az. on a fesse erm. cottised arg. between three shovellers of the last, a cross crosslet between two annulets of the first. Cre.'it — A demi griffin gu. collared and chain reflexed over the back or, holding in the dexter claw a shoveller's head erased arg. Motto — Strenue et honeste. Residence — Jackson Dale, Savu Savu East, Fiji. jEstafes — Jackson Dale ; Na Ko ; Vadra Vadra; Vatu Kuro; and Wai Kovuna, Fiji. Sacfeson ot Ctlaiu JACKSON, HENRY BOWER, Esq. of Telau, Savu Savu West, Fiji, b. at the Vicarage, Riccall, co. York, England, 2.5th December, 1841 ; m. 23rd November, 1888, Jemima, eldest daughter of the late Samuel Cox, Esq. of Savu Savu, Fiji, and has issue, a son, Harry Francis Rayney, h. 11th February, 1890. Mr. Henry Bower Jackson served during the second New Zealand War, with Her Majesty's colonial forces, and received the New Zealand War medal. Lineage and A7-ms — See preceding article. Residence — Telau, Savu Savu West, Fiji. Estates — Telau, and Na Nanu Island, Fiji, M 2