COLYEAR, David (1657-1730) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 1 Apr. 1657, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Colyear, bt., of Brabant, and Jean, da. of lt.-col. Walter Murray. m. (1) Arnolda de Beyer (d. bef. 1696) of Nijmegen, s.p.; (2) Aug. 1696, Catherine (d.1717), suo jure countess of Dorchester, da. of Sir Charles Sedley^‡, 5th bt., of Southfleet, Kent, and Bloomsbury Sq., Westminster, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1680; KT 1713. d. 2 Jan. 1730; will 4 Oct. 1728, pr. 26 Jan. 1730. TNA, PROB 11/635.

Offices Held

PC 20 Oct. 1712 – 1 Aug. 1714, 11 Nov. 1721 – d.

Lt. 1675, maj. 1683, 3rd regt. in Scots brig. (59th in Dutch Army); lt.-col. 2nd regt. in Scots brig. (58th in Dutch Army) 1683; col. 6th regt. in Scots brig. (62nd regt. in Dutch Army) 1688 – 1703; 2nd Ft. 1703 – 10, R. North British Drags 1714 – 17; gov. Limerick 1691 – 92; brig.-gen. 1693, maj.-gen. 1696, lt.-gen. 1703; col., 2nd Ft. 1703 – 10; c.-in-c. Portugal 1710 – 12; gen. 1712; gov. Gibraltar 1713–?d. Scots Brigade Pprs. i. (Scot. Hist. Soc. xxxiii), 478, 479, 505, 507, 516; CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 266.

Parlimentarian

COLYEAR, David (1657-1730)

Associated with: no. 21 St James’ Sq., Westminster; Ham House, Weybridge, Surr.Dasent, Hist. of St James’ Square, App. A; Add. 61451, f. 148.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir John Baptiste de Medina, c.1695, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 2842; oil on canvas by Sir Godfrey Kneller, formerly in collection of Francis Howard. M.K. Talley, Portrait Painting in Eng., 480; repro. in J.W. Buchan, Hist. Peeblesshire, ii. 502.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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