Sir Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet

"Lanarkshire". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1885. Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet, DL (19 August 1813 – 11 January 1890), was a British politician.

Early life and education

Edward was born in Calcutta, the second son of Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Elizabeth (née Wilkinson) Colebrooke. He and his elder brother George Vernon went to Eton College. He then attended the East India Company College at Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire in preparation for appointment to a post in India with the East India Company.

Career

Colebrooke was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton 1842–1852, Lanarkshire 1857–1868 and North Lanarkshire 1868–1885. He stood unsuccessfully as a liberal Unionist of North East Lanarkshire in 1886.

He was Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire 1869–1890.

He was Dean of Faculties at the University of Glasgow from 1869 to 1872 and was awarded an honorary LLD in 1873.

He was President of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1864 to 1866, from 1875 to 1877 and in 1881.

Marriage and family He married Elizabeth Margaret Richardson, second daughter of John Richardson, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, on 15 January 1857.

They had six children, of whom five survived into adulthood: Margaret Ginevra, born on 19 November 1857. She married the Marchese di Camugliano-Niccolini on 17 November 1890; they had no children Helen Emma (known as Nelly), born in 1860; died on 21 January 1916. Roland, born on 22 July 1864; died on 19 January 1910. His wife, Lady Elizabeth, died on 26 October 1896.

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