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 Portmore and Lady Mary Leslie (1753–1799), second daughter of the 10th Earl of Rothes.

Career

Lord Milsington was an English amateur

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er who made three known appearances in

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matches from 1792 to 1793. He was mainly associated with

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and was an early member of

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

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, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862

Political career

Lord Portmore was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the

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in Lincolnshire from 1796 to 1802.

Personal life

He was married twice; in 1793 he married Lady Mary Elizabeth Bertie (d. 1797), daughter of

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, by whom he had a son: *Hon. Brownlow Charles Colyear, inherited the personal property of the Duke of Ancaster on his death in 1809, but died in Rome in 1819 due to injuries sustained in a fight with bandits. In 1828 Lord Portmore married Frances Murrells. His titles became extinct on his death on 18 January 1835. The estates passed to his cousin James Dawkins (1760–1843), who had also been an MP.

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