Thomas_Colyear,_4th_Earl_of_Portmore
Thomas Colyear, 4th Earl of Portmore
British politician
Thomas Charles Colyear, 4th Earl of Portmore (27 March 1772 – 18 January 1835), styled Viscount Milsington from 1785 until 1823, was a British landowner and politician.
Lord Portmore was the son of William Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmore and Lady Mary Leslie (1753–1799),[1] second daughter of the 10th Earl of Rothes.
Lord Milsington was an English amateur cricketer who made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1792 to 1793. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club.[2]
Political career
Lord Portmore was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire from 1796 to 1802.[3]
He was married twice; in 1793 he married Lady Mary Elizabeth Bertie (d. 1797), daughter of Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, by whom he had a son:
- Hon. Brownlow Charles Colyear, inherited the personal property of the Duke of Ancaster on his death in 1809, but died in Rome in 1819 due to injuries sustained in a fight with bandits.
In 1828 Lord Portmore married Frances Murrells.[4]
His titles became extinct on his death on 18 January 1835. The estates passed to his cousin James Dawkins (1760–1843), who had also been an MP.[5]
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- "Portmore, Earl of (S, 1703-1835)". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
- Aspinall, Arthur. "COLYEAR, Thomas Charles, Visct. Milsington (1772-1835), of Leeke, nr. Boston, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 447. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- Thorne, R. G. "DAWKINS, James (1760-1843), of Standlynch, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- CricketArchive record
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Boston 1796–1800 With: Thomas Fydell |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
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Member of Parliament for Boston 1801–1802 With: Thomas Fydell |
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| Preceded by | Earl of Portmore 1823–1835 |
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