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lil'I^KK'S ('()I,()M AL (IKXTKY. 831 Ai'Dix — Az. 11 sultire ('OU|>lhI, liotwcon Iwd miillrls of six points in piilc ami as many stngs' hi'ails erased, in fesse, all or. Cre.if — In front of a stag's head I'rased jipr. between the attires a sallire or three estoiles of the last. 7('e4-i'rfeHee.f— Clarendon House, Elizabeth Street, Hjdo Park, .Sydney ; Abbotsford, Parra- matta River. C/iif) — Alheimnim. ilrcfr* EOGKI{ BECKWITH LEEFK, of Nukualojia, Tongatabu, Friendly I Islands, a retii'cd licuttMiant of H.il. Indian Navy, was formerly poHco magistrate in Queensland, and was for many years the senior unofficial mem- ber of the Legislative Council of Fiji. Mr. R. B. Leefe was acting vice-consul at Tonga, from 1st Jauiiary, 1887, to 10th May, 1888, when he was appointed H.B.M. deputy commissioner and vire-consul in the Friendly Islands. Uc was /). 26th July, 1834, m. at Bowen, Port Denison, Queensland, 1st February, 1865, Augusta Ethel, only daughter of Thomas CoiiUKi;, late of Cape Town, South Africa, and has issue, Ethel Malbysse, h. at Cardwell, Rockingham Bay, Queensland, (Jth March, 1866. Htncnw. John Leefe, m. Dorothy, daushter of — EwBANK, of Norton, near llalton, Yorks, and d. 1820, having by her, who il. 1S23, had with other issue, a son, Oc'TATirs Leefe, alderman and magis- trate of the borough of Kichmond, York- shire, England, h. i!8th February, 1783 ; ni. at Kirkby Fleetham, West Eiding.Yorks, 26th May, 1812, Mary (A. 14th May, 1794), only daughter of Thomas AVrigiit, of Riehmond, Yorks, and Mary Beekwith* his wife (m. 1785), and d. 9th JiUy, 1851, having by her, who d. 26th Jamuiry, 1863, had issue, I. John Ewbank, (Kev.) vicar of Cress- well, CO. Northumberland, M.A. Cambridge (Trinity Collese), h. 9th May, 1813 ; m. Marin, daughter of James Favell, of Normanton, co. York, and had issue, 1. James Octavian, b. 15th August, d. 3rd September, 1846. 2. John Beckwith, b. 6th June, 1849, Lieutenant-Colonel Eoyal Marine Artillery. 3. Henry Ewbank, of Nananu, Fiji, b. 27tii September, 1851. 4. Charles Octavius, b. 11th November, 1854. 1. Constance Maria, b. 30th April, 1848; m. 20th April, 1871, Kev. William DtJXN, vicar of Anpney Residence — Nakualopa, Ti Crucis, CO. Gloucester, and has issue, a .son, Charles Sebastian, h. 16tU June, 1873. It. Thomas, b. 20th March, 1818, ,1. Lst June, 1820. III. Octavius, of 60, Lincoln's Iini Fields, and 31, St. George's Eoad, Kilburn, b. 23rd January, 1827; in. Anna Grace, daughter of Drewry Ottley, M.D. of Pan, France, and has issue, 1 . Drewry Octavius. 2. Ambrose Malbysse. 3. Lionel Otley. 4. Basil Walters. 5. Laurence Noel. 1. Mary Emilia. IV. EoGEBBEOKWiTn, the subject of this memoir. I. Mary, h. 20th August, 1814, (/. tmm. at Scarborough, Y'orkshii-e. II. Jane, h. 5th April, 1816, d. unm. 20th January, 1860. in. Elizabeth," S. 19th April, 1820. IV. Emilia Coupland, b. 1st November, 1824, d. unm. 18th April, 1863. v. Catherine, d. in infancy. TI. Isabella, mother superior of Society of Holy Charitv, b. 18th August 1831. ongatabu, Friendly Islands.

  • Mary was third daughter of Kev. Roger Bcckwilh, of Nunniuiikton, co. York, of a

very ancient Uurluim Himily (.vcp Bukke's Landed Gen/n/).