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, 1842–6. 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 1852–57; re-elected 1859. A liberal; a magistrate and dep.-lieut. for Gloucestershire (_Brooke’s_, _Travellers’_, _and Army and Navy Clubs_; _Hatherod Castle_, _Fairford_, _Gloucestersh._)
2nd s. of John Blackburn, Esq. of Killearn, Stirlingshire. 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.)
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) 1830–37; M.P. for Stirlingshire since 1855; a conservative; a magistrate, and dep.-lieut. for Stirlingshire; 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_).
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, 1852–59; solicitor general, 1857–58 (when knighted) and again 1859; judge of the Court of Common Pleas since 1859; an L.L.D. (_Brooke’s and Athenæum Clubs_).
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, 1837–41; 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_).