Robert Colebrooke (24 June 1718 –10 May 1784) was a British
Member of Parliament.
[Cokayne, George Edward. (Ed.) (1906]
''Complete baronetage. Vol. V. 1707-1800''
Exeter: William Pollard. p. 116.
Early life
Robert Colebrooke was the first son of
James Colebrooke, a wealthy London banker, and his wife Mary Hudson.
[ His younger brothers were James Colebrooke, MP and ]George Colebrooke
Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet (14 June 1729 – 5 August 1809) was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1754 to 1774, representing the constituency of Arundel. Born in Chilham, Kent, he wa ...
, MP. Robert's father made over to him the Chilham Estate in Kent when he married in 1741. Robert would sell it in 1774 to Thomas Heron.
Career
He was elected Member of Parliament for Maldon
Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea Salt which is prod ...
for 1741 to 1761.[
He was minister to the Swiss Cantons in 1762–64.][
He was Ambassador to Turkey in 1765.
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Death
He died at Soissons in France on 10 May 1784 and was buried at Chilham on 26 June 1784.[
He had married twice: firstly Henrietta (died 1753), the daughter of Lord Harry Powlett, and secondly, on 4 August 1756, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Thresher of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. He was the father of Robert Hyde Colebrooke, one of several sons with his mistress Mary Williams (later wife of Robert Jones M.D). He had no children with either of his wives.
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References
External links
*http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~londonaye/colebrooke_family.htm
*http://www.chilham-castle.co.uk/the-colebrooke-family-father-and-son/
1718 births
1785 deaths
Members of Parliament for Maldon
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1741–1747
British MPs 1747–1754
British MPs 1754–1761
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...
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