William Charles Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmore (1745–1823) was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Milsington until 1785.

Early life

He was the second but only surviving son of

Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, KT (27 August 1700 – 5 July 1785), known as Lord Milsington to 1730, of Portmore House, Weybridge, Surrey, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1726 and 1730, when he succe ...

, and his wife

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. He was styled Viscount Milsingtion in 1756 on the death of his brother David. Milsington was educated at

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and

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. In 1774, he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of

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as a

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Career

Like his father the earl, Viscount Milsington was a racehorse owner; he and his wife were regular racegoers. His grey mare, Tiffany, won the 50-pound weight-for-age race at Salisbury Races in 1780 and his horse Scarf ran in the 1781 Derby. He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Portmore on the death of his father in 1785.

Personal life

On 5 November 1770, he married Mary Leslie (1753–99), second daughter of the 10th Earl of Rothes. Their children included: *

Thomas Charles Colyear, 4th Earl of Portmore 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. Early life Lord Portmore was the son of William Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmo ...

(1772–1835), who married Lady Mary Elizabeth Bertie and had one son; there were no children from his second marriage, to Frances Murrells. * Hon William Colyear * Hon Francis Colyear (1781–1787) *Lieutenant Hon John David Colyear (died 1801) *Lady Mary Colyear (1773–1800) Cause of death was described as "a rapid decline". *Lady Julia Colyear (1774–1800) *Lady Catherine Caroline Colyear, who married James Bracknell The deaths of the couple's two daughters, Lady Mary and Lady Julia, in Bath, within three hours of one another on the same day in 1800, were the subject of a poem by

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. He died in London in 1823 and was succeeded by his son

Arms

References

External links

The London Magazine
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Earls of Portmore 1745 births 1823 deaths People educated at Eton College British people of Scottish descent {{Scotland-earl-stub