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The Earl of Portmore The Earl of Portmore Born 1656. ... David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore. The Earl of Portmore; The Earl of Portmore: Born: 1656: Died: 2 January 1730
1. Hon David Colyear, styled Viscount Milsington (b. Sep 1736; dvp. 16 Jan 1756) 2. Hon William Charles Colyear, later 3rd Earl of Portmore. 1. Lady Caroline Colyear (b. Dec 1733; d. 7 Feb 1812), mar. 27 Oct 1750 Nathaniel [Curzon], 1st Baron Scarsdale, and had issue. 2.
COLYEAR, Sir DAVID, first Earl of Portmore (d. 1730), was the elder son of Sir Alexander Robertson, of the family of Strowan, Perthshire, who settled in Holland, where he acquired a considerable property, and adopted the name of Colyear. The son entered the army of the Prince of Orange as a volunteer in 1674, and ultima
While allowing that Colyear ‘is one of the best foot officers in the world, is very brave and bold, hath a great deal of wit, [is] very much a man of honour and nice that way’, he noted that ‘yet [he] married the countess of Dorchester, and had by her a good estate’.5 As Burnet suggested, Colyear’s matrimonial decision paid off for both parties: his loyalty to William III shielded ...
28 de ago. de 2022 · General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC (c. 1656 2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar. He was the elder son of Sir Alexander Robertson, of the family of Strowan, Perthshire, who settled in Holland, where he acquired a considerable property, and adopted the nam
Catherine and David Colyear had two sons: David Colyear, Viscount Mislington and Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore. Colyear died in Weybridge on 2nd January 1730 and was buried in the family vault he had commissioned on 13th January. The Portmore vault can still be seen in St James' Churchyard in Weybridge.
Juliana married Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, on 7 October 1732. The earl, a sporting associate of her first husband, was the son of David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore and his wife Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet and former mistress of King James II.
