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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 29
Carlile, Edward, of Hampstead, the youngest child of
Carlile, John, the first, of Paisley, was born at Paisley in 1766,
and was educated privately. He adopted a commercial career
and went to London in 1782, where he founded the business
of warehouseman in Bow Lane, Cheapside. In this he was joined
later by his son, Carlile, James Emlyn, and his nephew, Carlile,
William, of London. He married in 1795, Elizabeth, daughter
of Charles Richardson, Merchant, of London. There were three
children of the marriage ; see Carlile, James Emlyn, and Elizabeth
Bloomfield ; and Willoughby, Janette Ann. Edward Carlile, of
Hampstead, died on 16 August, 1833, and was buried in the
churchyard of St. John, Hampstead. His widow died in 183S,
and was buried in the same vault with him. Their house in
High Street, Hampstead, was pulled down in 1876 to make
room for improvements, but its site can be traced in the name
"Willoughby" Road.
Carlile, Edward, of Melbourne, the elder surviving son of
Carlile, John, of Houston, was born in London in 1845, ar| d
went to Australia in 1853. He was educated at private schools
and at the University of Melbourne, where he was Law Gold
Medallist in 1868. He entered the public service in Victoria in
1 86 1, was in the Registrar General's Office, 1862, Crown Law
Offices, 1865, was called to the Bar, 1871, became Parliamentary
and Professional Assistant to the Crown Law Officers in 1873, Q-C.
in 1900, K.C. in 1901. He has been for many years Joint Ex-
aminer of Candidates for Appointments of Clerks of Courts, Police
Magistrates and Wardens, and is now Parliamentary Draughtsman
for the State of Victoria. He is a Trustee of the National
Gallery, Museums and Public Library of Victoria, which contain
about 230,000 volumes, and which expend about ^"7000 annually
on pictures and works of art alone. Mr. Carlile married in 1878
Isabella Sophia, youngest daughter of Robert Hunter Young,
Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, and resides at Tooronga,

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