The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

DIEPPE STEEPLE CHASES.

In addition to the two steeple chases recently announced.
there will be a third chase for gentlemen rielere, with 3,000
francs added by the Emperor, entries f,r which are to ha
made the dsy before running. Upwards of 5301. public
money will be added to this meeting, which is expected to
be of the most brilliant character.

AN EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY FAMILY.

We have much pleasure in giving publicity to the
following very interesting account of a lady recently de-
ceased, whose military connexions are core remarkable
than any that have come to our knowledge.
Died, July 6, 1853, at Chichester, in her 97tk year, Mi-
riam, widow of the late Gen. Oliver Nicolls, Colonel of the
66th Regiment. She was the eldest daughtt r of the late
General Sir William Green, who was Commanding Engi-
neer during the whole of the memorable siege of Gib-
raltar, and for his services there was created a baronet in
1786 ; he was also the last officer who held the appointment
of "Chief Engineer." Her brother, the late Sir Justly
Watson Green, succeeded his father in the baronetcy in
1809, and sold out of the service as Lieutenant-Colonel. As
Captain Green, he had the honour to be selected to travel
abroad (principally in Germany) with his late Roy al High-
ness the Duke of Kent, then l'rince Edward. Sir J.
Green died in 1827, unmarried, and the baronetcy
became extinct. It had been the wish of the late
Sir W. Green, in case his only son should die with-
out male issue, that the baronetcy should descend to the
son of his eldest daughter, but his death prevented this
' arrangement being completed, and thus a title, so honour-
ably gained, became lost to the family. Sir W. Green had
also two other daughters; one married the late Major-Gen.
Sir Charles Holloway, Royal Engineers, whose son, the
late Colonel W. Holloway, C. 8., died at Plymouth while
commanding engineer of the western district, in 1450 ; he
had seen much service, and was shot through the body at
Ilailsjoz. Sir C. Holloway had another son, a captain in
the Royal Artillery, who died at Gibraltar. Ile had also
three daughters (all deceased). 'the eldest married the late
Lieutenant-Colonel F. Smith, Royal Artillery; the second
married the late Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzgerald, of the 60th
Regiment ; and the third married Captain C. Leslie, of
the 60th Regiment, now Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie,
Sir P. Green's youngest daughter, still living, is the widow
of the late Major Chatterton, formerly of the 27th Regi-
ment ; she has a sun a captain in the 35th Regiment, and a
daughter, the widow of the late Col. Peter Hawker.
Mrs. Nicoll, was de‘cended, on her mother's side, from a
family of the name of Watson ; her grandfather and great-
grandlather (who was killed) having
.both been colonels of

artillery.
The late General Oliver Nicoll, (also descended from a
family almost exclusively military) entered the army as
ensign in the Royals in 1756, in the reign of George the
Second ; he had seen much service both in the least and
West 'Tllis, and had held high commands both abroad and
at home; he became major-general in 1796, and died in his
90th year, at Chichester, in 18.29, one of the oldest generals
in the service, having bees in the army upwards of seventy-
three years. it had been colonel of three regiments, vas.,
the 4th West India Itigiment, the 54th Regiment, and the
66th Regiment. The eldest son of this marriages a lieu-
tenant in the 45th regiment, died of yellow fever in the
Wist ladies : the second son, a captain of the artillery, was
killed at the Helder in 1799 ; the youngest son, who WT.
I ices, sold out of the service in 1850 as lieurAmanrcolonel.
, The second daughter is the widow of the let* General Wil-
-1 ham Brooke, formerly commanding thi,. sth Dragoon
Guards.
Mrs. Nicolls was aunt by marriage to the late General
Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.8., whose last appointment was
eommander•in-chief in the East Indica, and of his brother,
the present Lieutenant .General Nicene, Royal Engin...ers,
and also of a third broths Tof the .above, the late Liente-
itant•Colonel W. Nicoll., Royal Artillery, who died on
his voyage homewards front the West Indies. Several of
the eons of these officers are now serving both in the
kilhel(trns..sNateqoall(s.°:rrinlit: sethre daughter,victß wife, mother•in-
law, ',biter-in-law, and aunt of general officers.
She leaves three daughters, two unmarried.—Unif eti
I Service Gazette.