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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.
For his service in Ireland he was created Lord Portmore on 1 June 1699. In 1702, he obtained the rank of major-general, and on 27 February 1703 received the command of the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot, later the 2nd Foot. On 13 April 1703, he was raised to the dignities of Earl of Portmore, Viscount of Milsington, and Lord Colyear.
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 name of Colyear. [1] Colyear was commissioned into the Army of William of Orange in 1674. He ...
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.
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 ...
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
