Commons 1754-1790

b. 21 July 1722, and s. of James Colebrooke, London banker, and bro. of Robert and George Colebrooke. educ. Leyden Univ. 1738; I. Temple 1737. m. 7 May 1747, Mary, da. and coh. of Stephen Skinner of Leyton, Essex, 2da. cr. Bt. 12 Oct. 1759, with sp. rem. to his bro. George.

b. 1718 I718, 1st s. of James Colebrooke, London banker, by his w. Mary. Hudson; bro. of George and James Colebrooke. m. (1) 12 July 1741, Henrietta (d. 22 Dec. 1753), da. of Lord Harry Powlett, s.p.; (2) 4 Aug. 1756, Anne, da. and h. of John Thresher of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., s.p. suc. fa. 18 Nov. 1752.

s. of Robert Colhoun, treasurer of St. Kitts 1754, by Frances, da. of John Mills of St. Kitts. m. a da. of one Parson of St. Kitts, 1 (poss. 2) s. 1da. (who m. 1792 Edward Coke).For the Colhoun or Colquhoun family of St. Kitts see Oliver, Hist. Antigua, iii. 258 and 418; see also Austen-Leigh, Eton Coll. Reg. for the sons of W. MacDowall Colhoun. John Horne Tooke, in an undated letter of March 1784, refers to William Parson, who in 1784 contested Thetford, as Colhoun’s brother-in-law.

b. c. 1709 at Barbados, 1st s. of John Colleton of Barbados and Haines Hill by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Ernle, M.P., wid. of Thomas Drax; Henry Drax was his half-bro. educ. poss. Eton 1725; Clare, Camb. 1728. m. (1) 1731 Lady Anne Cowper (d. 26 Mar. 1750), da. of William, 1st Earl Cowper, s.p.; (2) 30 Mar. 1754, Frances, da. of Philip Jennings, M.P., s.p. suc. fa. Dec. 1755.

b. 11 May 1738, 1st s. of George Collier. m. (1) 3 Sept. 1763, Christiana (div. Mar. 1772), da. of Richard Gwynn of Midleton Hall, Carmarthen, 1s.; (2) 19 July 1781, Elizabeth, da. of William Fryer, merchant of Exeter, 2s. 4da. Kntd. 27 Jan. 1775.