The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington Part 31

A magistrate for the co. of Berks (_Sunning Hill_, _Chertsey_).

2. BOOTH, James, Esq.

A member of Lincoln's-inn; c. to the bar, 1824. Secretary to the Board of Trade (_Athenaeum Club_, _and Whitehall_, S.W.)

3. BYLES, The Hon. Sir John Barnard,

Eld. s. of the late John Byles, Esq., of Stowmarket, Suffolk, by Mary, only dau. of W. Barnard, Esq., of Holts, Ess.e.x. B. at Stowmarket, 1801; m. 1st, 1828, the 2nd dau. of J. Foster, Esq., of Biggleswade, Bedford (she died 1829); 2nd, 1836, Emma, 2nd dau. of J. Wedd, Esq., of Royston, Herts; has issue by second marriage, two sons (Walter Barnard, b. 1840, and Maurice Barnard, b. 1841). C. to the bar (Inner Temple), 1831; attended the Norfolk Circuit. Recorder of Buckingham, 1840; sergeant-at-law, 1843; patent of precedence, 1846; Queen's sergeant, 1857; a judge of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas (knighted), 1858; has written on Bills of Exchange &c. (_Union Club_, _Harefield_, _near Uxbridge_).

4. GIFFARD, George Markham, Esq.

A member of the Inner Temple; c. to the bar, 1840; Queen's counsel, 1858 (2, _Stone-buildings_, _Lincoln's-inn_, W.C.)

5. HAWARDEN, 4th Viscount (Maude),

Irish Peer. B. 1817; m. 1845, dau. of the late Admiral the Hon. Charles Fleeming. Suc. his father, 1856. Has issue, 1 son and 6 daus. Captain 2nd Life Guards, 1849; retired 1853. Lieut.-Col. of the North Tipperary Militia (_Carlton Club_, _Dundrum_, _Tipperary_).

6. FITZROY, The Right Hon. Lord Charles,

Brother of the present duke of Grafton. B. 1791; m. 1825, dau. of the 1st Earl of Burlington. Formerly in the army; served at Corunna, the Walcheren Expedition, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Waterloo; has war medal, with 8 clasps. Retired from the army with rank of Lieut.-Col. 1819. M.P. (liberal) for Thetford, 181831, Bury St. Edmunds, 183247; a privy councillor, 1835; vice-chamberlain to the Household, 183539 (_United Service Club_).

7. ARTHUR, Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederick Leopold,

2nd Bart. S. of Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir George Arthur, 1st Bart.

B. in the West Indies, Dec. 1816. Suc. his father, 1854; m. 1856, Lady Elizabeth, d. of 10th Earl of Kinnoul. Ent. the army, 1833; promoted to present rank, 1857. Served formerly with the 4th Foot, and as military secretary to his father, when Governor of Bombay, 18426. Has been on half-pay since 1850 (_Carlton and United Service Clubs_).

9. PONSONBY, Hon. Ashley George John, M.P.

Brother of the present Lord de Mauley, and grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Shaftesbury. B. in St. James's Square, 1831; m. 1857, 2nd dau.

of Lord Henry Gordon; has one s., b. 1859. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; joined the Grenadier Guards, 1850; lieut. and capt.

1854; served in the Crimea; M.P. for Cirencester 185257; re-elected 1859. A liberal; a magistrate and dep.-lieut. for Gloucesters.h.i.+re (_Brooke's_, _Travellers'_, _and Army and Navy Clubs_; _Hatherod Castle_, _Fairford_, _Gloucestersh._)

10. BLACKBURN, Hon. Sir Colin,

2nd s. of John Blackburn, Esq. of Killearn, Stirlings.h.i.+re. B. 1813; an M.A. of Cambridge. C. to the bar (Inner Temple) 1838; northern circuit.

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.