Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne
Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (14 April 1779 – 3 May 1854) was a British politician.
Background
Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Sarah (d. 1806), daughter of Benjamin Colborne (see Viscount Ridley for earlier history of the family). In 1803 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Colborne.[1]
Political career
Ridley-Colborne sat as Member of Parliament for Bletchingley from 1805 to 1806, for Malmesbury from 1806 to 1807, for Appleby from 1807 to 1812, for Thetford from 1818 to 1826, for Horsham from 1827 to 1832 and for Wells from 1834 to 1837.[2] In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colborne, of West Harling in the County of Norfolk.[3]
Family
Lord Colborne married Charlotte, daughter of Sir Thomas Steele, in 1808. They had five children:
- Maria Charlotte Ridley-Colborne (d. 31 August 1883)
- Henrietta Susannah Ridley-Colborne (1810 – June 1880)
- Emily Frances Ridley-Colborne (1811 – 13 October 1849),married John Moyer Heathcote on 11 April 1833
- William Nicholas Ridley-Colborne (24 July 1814 – 23 March 1846), MP for Richmond 1841-46
- Louisa Harriet Ridley-Colborne
Lord Colborne died in May 1854, aged 75 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. As he had no surviving sons the barony became extinct. Lady Colborne died in February 1855.[1]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nicholas Ridley-Colborne
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Matthew White Ridley (1745–1813) | Sarah Colborne (1755–1806) | James Farrer (1751–1820) | Frances Loxham (c. 1760–1826) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew White Ridley (1778–1836) | Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne (1779–1854) | Henrietta Elizabeth Ridley (1781–1853) | James William Farrer (1785–1863) | Thomas Farrer (1787–1833) | Cecilia Willis (1794–1867) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oliver William Farrer (1819–1876) | Emily Charlotte Hannah Cooke (1825–1902) | Matthew Thomas Farrer (1816–1889) | Mary Louisa Anson (1818–1856) | Thomas Henry Farrer (1819–1899) | Frances Erskine (1825–1870) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mabel Gertrude Smith (1863–1946) | Bryan Farrer (1858–1944) | Walter Farrer (1862–1934) | James Anson Farrer (1849–1925) | Elizabeth Georgina Reynell Pack (1853–1937) | Matthew George Farrer (1852–1928) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Horace Darwin (1851–1928) | Emma Cecilia "Ida" Farrer (1854–1946) | Claude Erskine Farrer (1862–1890) | Noel Maitland Farrer (1867–1929) | Mabel Elizabeth Elliot (1871–1947) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marjorie Laura Pollock (1895–1981) | Walter Leslie Farrer (1900–1984) | Reginald John Farrer (1880–1920) | Evelyn Mary Spring-Rice (1863–1898) | Thomas Cecil Farrer (1859–1940) | Evangeline Knox (1871–1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Matthew Farrer (born 1929) | Cecil Claude Farrer (1893–1948) | Frances Margaret Farrer (1895–1977) | Oliver Thomas Farrer (1904–1954) | Anthony Thomas Farrer (1910–1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by James Milnes John Benn-Walsh | Member of Parliament for Bletchingley 1805–1806 With: John Benn-Walsh | Succeeded by Josias du Pre Porcher William Kenrick |
Preceded by Claude Scott Samuel Scott | Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1806–1807 With: Robert Ladbroke | Succeeded by Sir George Bowyer, Bt Philip Gell |
Preceded by Viscount Howick James Ramsay Cuthbert | Member of Parliament for Appleby 1807–1812 With: James Ramsay Cuthbert | Succeeded by John Courtenay James Lowther |
Preceded by Thomas Creevey Lord John FitzRoy | Member of Parliament for Thetford 1818–1826 With: Lord Charles FitzRoy | Succeeded by Lord Charles FitzRoy Bingham Baring |
Preceded by Robert Hurst Hon. Henry Fox | Member of Parliament for Horsham 1827–1832 With: Robert Hurst 1827–1829 The Earl of Surrey 1829–1832 | Succeeded by Robert Henry Hurst (representation reduced to one member 1832) |
Preceded by John Lee Lee Norman Lamont | Member of Parliament for Wells 1834–1837 With: John Lee Lee | Succeeded by |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Colborne 1839–1854 | Extinct |