Robert Colebrooke (24 June 1718 –10 May 1784) was a British

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

.Cokayne, George Edward. (Ed.) (1906
''Complete baronetage. Vol. V. 1707-1800''
Exeter: William Pollard. p. 116. Chilham Castle, north front

Early life

Robert Colebrooke was the first son of

James Colebrooke Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baronet (21 July 1722 — 10 May 1761) sat in the House of Commons from 1751 to 1761. Early life He was the son of James Colebrooke, of Chilham Castle, Kent, a very prominent private banker in London, and his wif ...

, a wealthy London banker, and his wife Mary Hudson. His younger brothers were

, MP and

George Colebrooke Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet (14 June 1729 – 5 August 1809), of Gatton in Surrey, was an English merchant banker, Member of Parliament for Arundel from 1754-1774 and chairman of the East India Company from 1767-1772. He was conspicuou ...

, 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 River Blackwater, Essex, 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 ...

for 1741 to 1761. He was minister to the Swiss Cantons in 1762–64.

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.

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

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