Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet (4 May 1819 – 27 October 1896) was an English Liberal Party politician.

Early life

Rashleigh was born on 4 May 1819 at Rickmansworth in

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, England. He was the eldest son of the former Harriet Williams (d. 1831) and

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(1772–1847), who was created a Baronet of Prideaux on 30 September 1831 when Colman was 12 years old. His paternal grandparents were Katherine (

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Battie) Rashleigh (daughter and co-heir of William Battie, Esq. M.D.) and John Rashleigh, Esq. of Penquite, the first Commissioner and Receiver for Greenwich Hospital. The Rashleigh family had been settled in Cornwall since at least the early part of the 16th century. His maternal grandfather was

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, Esq. of Bridehead in

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MP. Rashleigh was educated at

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and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1843.

Career

Rashleigh held a number of public offices in Cornwall including a Justice of the Peace (JP), Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall,

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in 1852 and Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Cornwall from 1874 to 1880. He was also invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (CB) and gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the service of the Cornwall and Devon Miners' Artillery.

Personal life

On 1 May 1845, Rashleigh married Mary Anne Kendall (1823–1893), the only daughter of Nicholas Kendall of Pelyn MP and Mary Anne Wymond. Her brother was the Rev. Francis Kendall of

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. Together, they had four children: * Sir Colman Battie Rashleigh, 3rd Baronet (1846–1907), who married, firstly, Geraldine Frances Walpole, daughter of Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, in 1872. He married, secondly, Amy Young Jamieson, daughter of James Young Jamieson, Esq., in 1878. * Reverend John Kendall Rashleigh (1847–1933), the Rector of St Mabyn in Cornwall who married, firstly, Charlotte Jane Rashleigh, daughter of Charles Edward Rashleigh, in 1871. He married, secondly, Charlotte Maria Hodgson, daughter of Sir Arthur Hodgson, in 1876. * Harriett Rashleigh (b. ) * Mary Rashleigh (1852–1900), who married her brother's brother-in-law, Col. Henry James Young Jamieson, son of James Young Jamieson. In 1851 he resided at Great Prideane, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Lady Rashleigh died at the Mayoralty in Bodmin on 6 August 1893 and Sir Colman died on 27 October 1896.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rashleigh, Colman 1819 births 1896 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Order of the Bath Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall High Sheriffs of Cornwall Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1874–1880

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