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116 DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. I can never forget. COLONSAY, BARONY OF, see " Peerages Extinct." COLVILLE, BARON. (COLVILLE.) CHARLES JOHN COLVILLE, P.C , K.T., llth Baron in the peerage of Scotland, a Re- presentative Peer of Scotland. Born Nov. 23rd, 1818; succeeded his uncle in 1849; was educated at Harrow ; was Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to the Queen, 1852, and 1858 'J ; Lieut.-Col. Com- mandant of the Hon. Artillery Company, 18606 ; Master of Her Majesty's Buck- hounds, 1866 8, and Principal Whip to the Conservative party in the House of Lords, 1852 71; is Dep. Chairman of the Great Northern Railway Co., appointed Chamberlain to H. R. H. the Princess of Wales 1873 : married (1853) the Hon. Cecilia Katherine Mary Carington, daughter of the 2nd Baron Carington, and has issue living, Sons, Charles Robert William. Master of Col ville, b. 1854; educated at Harrow ; appointed Ensign and Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1871. Stanley Cecil James, b. 186l. George Charles, b. 1867. Daughter, Blanche Cecile, b. 1857. Brother living, William James, b. 1827, ro. 1857. Sisters living, Anne Amelia, b. 1819, m. 1839, Viscount Newry, M.P. (he d. 1851). Catherine Dorothea, b. 1822, m. 1861, Sir John Simeon, 3rd Bart. M.P. (he d. 1870). Creation, Baron Colville of Culross, in the peerage of Scotland, 1609. arms, Quarterly : 1st and 4th, argent, a cross moline, sable, Colville; 2nd and 3rd, gules, a fesse, cheeky, argent, and azure, Lindsay. (Crest, A hind's head, couped at the neck, argent. Supporters, Dexter, a rhinoceros ; sinister, a figure of Hercules, habited in a lion's skin, and holding his club on his left shoulder. Town Residence,!?., Eaton-place, S.W. Clubs, C&rlton, White's. COLVILLE, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, John, 10th Baron Colville. He was b. 1768, and succeeded his father in 181 1 ; was a Represen- tative Peer of Scotland, and an Admiral in the Royal Navy ; m. 1st, Oct. 14, 1/90, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Ford, Esq. (she d. 1839, without surviving issue) ; 2ndly, Oct. 15, 1841, Anne, daughter of the 1st Baron Ellenborough : and d. Dec. 22, 1849, without issue. Her ladyship d. 1852. Salamanca. COMBERMERE, VISCOUNT. (STAPLETON-COTTON.) WELLINGTON HENRY STAPLETON-COTTON. 2nd Viscount, and a Baronet. Born Nov, 24th, 1818; succeeded his father, 1865; was educated at Eton; entered the 7th Hussars in 1837, exchanged into the 1st Lif Guards in 1841, became Capt. 1846, Majoi in the Army, 1850, (in which year he was placed on half-pay) ; Lieut.-Col. 1857, and Col. 1861. Was" M.P. for Carrickfergus, 184757. Is a Dep. Lieut, of Cheshire, and a Magistrate for that county and Shropshire : married (1844) Susan Alice, who died, 1869, daughter of Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Bart, and has issue, living. In every situation prepared.