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A judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1859, when knighted (_Doonholm_, _Ayr_, N.B.)

10. BLACKBURN, Peter, Esq., M.P.

Eldest s. of J. Blackburn, Esq., of Killearn. Of an old Glasgow family, seated there since the 16th century. B. 1811; suc. his father 1840; m.

1838, the 2nd dau. of the Scotch Solicitor General Wedderburn. Formerly in the army (2nd Life Guards) 183037; M.P. for Stirlings.h.i.+re since 1855; a conservative; a magistrate, and dep.-lieut. for Stirlings.h.i.+re; a lord of the Treasury in 1859; a director of the Caledonian and Dumbarton Railway; chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (_Carlton_, _Killearn_, _near Glasgow_).

11. KEATING, Hon. Sir Henry Singer,

3rd s. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. S. Keating, K.C.B. col. 33rd Foot.

B. 1804; m. 1843, 3rd dau. of the late Maj. Gen. Evans, R.A. C. to the bar (Inner Templ) 1832; Oxford Circuit; Queen's Counsel, 1849, when elected a Bencher of his Inn; M.P. for Reading, 185259; solicitor general, 185758 (when knighted) and again 1859; judge of the Court of Common Pleas since 1859; an L.L.D. (_Brooke's and Athenaeum Clubs_).

12. ERLE, Right Hon. Sir William,

3rd s. of the late Rev. Christopher Erle, of Gillingham, Dorset. B.

1793; m. 1834, eldest dau. of the Rev. David Williams, D.C.L. Educated at Winchester, and New College, Oxford; c. to the bar (Middle Temple) 1819; western circuit; Queen's Counsel, 1834; M.P. for Oxford city, 183741; puisne judge Common Pleas, 1845 (when knighted); Queen's Bench 1846; Lord Chief Justice Common Pleas, and a privy councillor, since 1859 (_Bramshott Grange_, _Liphook_, _Hants_).

13. BETHUNE, Dowager Lady Lindesay,

Dau. of John Trotter, Esq., of Dyrham Park, co. Herts; m. 1822, Major Gen. Sir Henry Lindesay Bethune, Bt. (who died 1851) of Kilconquhar, co.

Fife, a gen. in the service of the Schah of Persia. Her ladys.h.i.+p is mother of the present bart.

15. MANNING, Charles John, Esq.

A merchant of the firm of Manning and Anderdon. A member of the Commission of the Lieutenancy for London; a director of the Royal Exchange Insurance Company (3, _Bank-buildings_, E.C.)

16. CHAMBERS, John David, Esq.

M. 1834, the dau. of the 2nd Baron Wodehouse. A member of the Inner Temple; c. to the bar, 1831; an equity draftsman and conveyancer; recorder of Salisbury (6, _Old-square_, _Lincoln's Inn_, W.C.)

17. CHILDERS, Hugh Culling Eardley, Esq.

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