Baron Seaton, of
Seaton in the
County of Devon, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
.
It was created on 14 December 1839 for the soldier and colonial administrator
Sir John Colborne
Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. After taking part as a junior officer in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedi ...
. He fought at the
Battle of Waterloo
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and was
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
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from 1828 to 1836, acting
Governor General of British North America
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from 1837 to 1838 and
Commander-in-Chief of North America from 1838 to 1839. He later served as
Commander-in-Chief of Ireland between 1855 and 1860 and was promoted to
Field Marshal
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in 1860. Lord Seaton was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was Military Secretary to his father when Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland.
On his death the titles passed to his eldest son, the third Baron. He was a Major in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and fought in the
Second Boer War
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and in the
First World War
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. Lord Seaton married Elizabeth Beatrice (d. 1937), daughter of Sir Francis Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 2nd Baronet, of
Nutwell Court and
Buckland Abbey
Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National Trust.
Monastic ...
(a title which became extinct on his death in 1916), in 1887. In 1917 he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surnames of Eliott-Drake. Lord Seaton was childless and on his death in 1933 the title passed to his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a Major in the
South Staffordshire Regiment
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and served in the Nile Expedition of 1884 to 1885, where he was severely wounded, in the Second Boer War and in the First World War. Lord Seaton married Caroline Mabel, daughter of
Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian, in 1904. In 1927 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Vivian. He was also childless and on his death in 1955 the barony became extinct.
Another member of the Colborne family to gain distinction was the Hon.
Sir Francis Colborne (1817–1895), second son of the first Baron. He was a General in the Army.
Barons Seaton (1839)
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John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. After taking part as a junior officer in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedit ...
(1778–1863)
*James Colborne, 2nd Baron Seaton (1816–1888)
*John Eliott-Drake-Colborne, 3rd Baron Seaton (1854–1933)
*James Colborne-Vivian, 4th Baron Seaton (1863–1955)
See also
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Fuller-Eliott-Drake baronets
The Fuller-Eliott-Drake Baronetcy, of Nutwell Court, Buckland Abbey, or Monachorum, Sherford, and Yarcombe in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 August 1821 for the soldier Thomas Fu ...
References
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www.thepeerage.com
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1839