John Colville, 9th Lord Colville of Culross

Admiral John Colville, 9th Lord Colville of Culross (15 March 1768 – 22 October 1849), styled Master of Colville from 1786 to 1811, was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Cork Station.

Naval career Colville was the second son of John Colville, 8th Lord Colville of Culross, and his wife Amelia Webber. He joined the Royal Navy in December 1775 and saw action in the fourth-rate during the American Revolutionary War. He took part in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. Later that year he took part in the destruction of the French frigate Volontaire. Following the incident in Lisbon and the subsequent surrender of the Russian Fleet during the Anglo-Russian War, he accompanied the Russian Fleet back to Portsmouth in September 1807. Colville became Commander-in-Chief, Cork Station, with his flag in HMS Semiramis, in 1821. He was promoted to vice admiral on 22 July 1830 and to Admiral of the White on 23 November 1841. was elected a Scottish representative peer on 24 July 1818 and participated in ten successive parliaments until his death in October 1849.

Family Colville married, firstly, Elizabeth Ford on 14 October 1790 and, following the death of his first wife, Anne Law on 15 October 1841.