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i COLLETON— COLQUHOUN. 133 Arms— Gu., a lion rampant erm. ducally crowned or, on a chief of the last three martlets sa. Crest — A wyvern or resting the dexter claw uiwn an antique escocheon gu. MOTTO — Sola bona quae honesta. Seats— Abington House, Lanark, N.B. and Ottershawe Park, Surrey. Town house— 14, South Street, Park Lane, w. 1linpa0e. JAMES COLEBROOKE, of Chilham Castle, Kent (eldest son of Thomas Colebrooke, of Arundel, Sussex), and of Arno's Grove, Middlesex, which mansion he built; b. at Arundel, 12 May, 1680 ; d. 18 Nov. 1752, having m. 2 Jan. 1706, Mary Hudson; she d. 12 Mar. 1752/3, having had vAVa. other issue 3 sons, [1] Robert, of Chilham Castle, Kent, M.P. Maiden, 1741/61, minister to the Swiss Cantons 1762,4; i. 24 June, 1718; d. s. p. 10 May, 1784, having m. 1st — 12 July, 1741, Henrietta, eldest dau. of Lord Harry Poulett, after Duke of Bolton, and sister of the two last Bukes ; she d. 22 Dec. 1753. He m. 2ndly — 1756, EUzabeth, dau. and coheir of John Thresher, of Brad- ford, Wilts. [2] Sir James, of Gatton, Surrey, M.P. created a Baronet 12 Oct. 1759, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his brother George; b. 21 July, 1722; d. 10 May, 1761, having m. 7 May, 1747, Mary, dau. and coheir of Stephen Skinner, Esq. of Walthamstow, Essex ; she d. 14 May, 1754, leaving 2 daus. (1) Mary, d. 1781, having m. as 1st wife, to Sir John Aubrey, Bart, M.P. (ext.), who d. s. p. 1. 10 Aug. 1839. (2) Emma, d. 20 Nov. 1836, having m. 7 Oct. 1771, to Charles, 4th Earl of Tankerville, who d. 10 Dec. 1822. [3] Sir George, 2nd Baronet; M.P. Arundel 1754/75, chair- man of directors, E.l.C.s. 1769, 1771/2; b. 14 Jan. 1759; d. 5 Aug. 1809, having m. 23 Jidy, 1754, Mary, only dau. and heir of Patrick Gaj^ior, Esq. of Antigua ; she d. 13 Aug. 1818, having had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Sir James Edward, 3rd Baronet; judge of appeal at Moorshedabad, senior merchant on the Bengal establishment, and provisional member of council, Bombay ; b. 7 July, 1761 ; d. s. p. 5 Nov. 1838, having m. 31 Jan 1820, Mrs. Louisa Annie Stewart. (2) Henry Thomas, judge at Mirzapoor, and a celebrated Sanskrit scholar, chirographer of the court of conmion pleas by patent 18 Mar. 6 GEO. III. as were also his brothers; b. 15 June, 1763; d. 10 Mar. 1837, having m. 1810, EUza- beth, dau. of Johnson Wilkinson, of London ; she d. 3 Oct. 1815, leaving an only son. Sir Thomas Edward, 4th and present Baronet. COLLETON, Sir Robert Augustus William (1661, E.), lieut. 23rd regt. instructor of musketry; s. his father as 9th Baronet in 1866; b. 31 Aug. 1854; m. 7 Aug. 1880, Edith, 3rd dau. of Thomas Robert Abraham, Esq. of Croydon, Surrey; heir presumptive, his brother William. Arms — Not recorded. Vide Le Neve's "Baronets," vol. iii. p. 33. The coat used by this family is — Or, three stags' heads couped ppr. which is in fact the coat of Ridgway; vide " Visi- tation of Devon," 1620, Harl. Soc. edition. Hinraflp. SIR JOHN COLLETON (great-grandson of Henry Colleton and Margaret, dau. of William Bury, of Colleton, Devon), capt. of foot in the service of Ch..hles I. in whose cause he expended considerable sums, and was created a Baroxet 18 Feb. 1660/1 ; in conjunction with the Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Clarendon, Earl Craven, and four others, he was appointed a proprietor of the province of South Carolina by charter 1663; aged 12 at the Visitation of Devon 1620 ; m. 19 Nov. 1634, Katherine, dau. of William Amye, Esq. of Exon. Their de- scendant in the 5th generation, SIR JAMES ROUPELL COLLETON, 7th Baronet (on the death of his father. Sir James Nassau, 1815), lieut.-col. in the army ; b. 22 Dec. 1783 ; d. 28 July, 1848, having m. 12 Dec. 1819, at the Hague, and rem. in London, 24 Feb. 1820, Septima Sexta Colleton, 3rd dau. of Adm. Richard Graves.of Hembury Fort, Devon (Bart.); she d. 14 Dec. 1831, having had 2 sons, [1] Frederick Nassau WilUam Graves, lieut. 2nd W.I. regt. b. 4 Aug. 1822; d. 17 April, 1847, having m. Jane Alves, dau. of Dyer, Esq. of Jamaica (she re-m. to J. Bourke, Esq.), and had a dau. Gertrude Sophia Jane Planfcigenet, m. July, 1875, to Charles William, son of Dr. McEwan, of Chester, s. p. [2] Sir Robert Augustus Fulford Graves, 8th Baronet, barrack- master at Buttevant, co. Cork ; b. 19 Sept. 1824 ; d. 28 Oct. 1866, having m. 1 Oct. 1853, Mary, younger dau. of AVilUam Comins, Esq. of Witheridge, N. Devon (she re-m. 5 April, 1875, to Lieut.-Col. William Edward Wallace, late major 18th regt.), and had 2 sons, (1) Sir Robert Augustus 'WiUiam, 9th and present Baronet. (2) William AVilloughby de Raleigh, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy; b. 8 Aug. 1864. COLQUHOUN, Sir James, of Luss, co. Dumbar- ton, D.L. (1786, G.B.); s. his father as 5th Baronet in 1873; b, 30 Mar. 1844; m. 8 Dec. 1875, Charlotte Mary Douglas, youngest dau. of William Monro, major late 79th regt. (B. Abercromby) ; heir presumptive, his uncle John Colquhoun. Arms — Arg., a saltire engi'ailed sa. Crest — A hart's head gu. attired arg. MOTTO — Si je puis. Seat — Rossdhu, Luss. Residence— The Elms, Parkstonc, Poole, Dorset. Htncafir. The pedigree of this family is fully set out in Douglas' Baronage of Scotland (see also Chiefs of Colquhoun. by Wm. Eraser), and commences with Gregory de Grant, sheriff of Inverness, temp. Alex. II.; from him descended LUDOVICK GRANT, of Castle Grant, Invernesshire (grand- son of Sir John Grant, knighted by James I.), col. of foot in the service of WlLLi.iM III. 1689, sheriff principal of Inverness. Had his lands erected into a regality in 1690 was a member of the Scotch Parliament 1685/90; m. 1st, Janet' only dau. of Alexander Brodie, of Lethen. and 2ndly, 1697* Jean. dau. of Sir John Houston. He d. 1717, leaving by his 1st wife, with other issue, 2 sons, (1) Alexander Grant, of Grant, governor of Sheerness, brig.- gen. in the army, high sheriff Inverness, and lord-lieut. of that shire and Moray, M.P. co. Inverness in the first five British Parliaments; d. s. p. 1719, having m. 1st, Hon. Elizabeth Stewart, dau. of James, Lord Downe, son and heir of Alexander