COLMAN, Edward (c.1734-1815). | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1734, s. of William Colman of Gornhay, Tiverton, Devon by Jane, da. of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Bt., and cos. of Francis Seymour Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford.Vivian, Vis. Devon only mentions one son, Wm. Colman, but Wm. Colman, senior, refers in his will to his ‘other children’, though without naming them. In division lists Edw. Colman is described as ‘a cousin of Lord Hertford’, and his daughter’s name was ‘Jane Seymour Colman’. m. Martha, 2s. 2da.

Offices Held

Cornet 1 Drag. 1751, lt. 1754, maj. 1771, ret. 1775.

Clerk of the robes and wardrobes Sept. 1770–5; gent. usher of the privy chamber May 1771–5; serjeant-at-arms to House of Commons 1775–1805.Thanks are due to Maj.-Gen. I.T.P. Hughes, serjeant-at-arms to the House of Commons, and to Sir Owen Morshead for helping us from their records definitely to identify Edw. Colman, the Member and Court official, with Edw. Colman the serjeant-at-arms.

Parlimentarian

COLMAN, Edward (c.1734-1815).

Author

M.M.D.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790

Web Title

COLMAN, Edward (c.1734-1815)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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