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General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore, KT, PC (c. 1656 – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar.
- 1656
- Thomas Stanwix
- David Colyear, Viscount Milsington, Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore
- Richard Kane
General David Colyear, The Earl of Portmore. 1703-1710. The first Earl of Portmore was the elder son of Sir Alexander Roberston of the Strowan family, Perthshire, who settled in Holland. Sir David acquired a considerable property and adopted the name of Colyear.
3 de mai. de 2022 · General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC (c. 1656 – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar. Military career. Colyear was commissioned into the Army of William of Orange in 1674. He served in most of William's Irish campaigns and in 1691 became Governor of Limerick.
- Zwijndrecht, South Holland
- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
- South Holland
- 1656
David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore. Earl of Portmore was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the Scottish military commander David Colyear, 1st Lord Portmore. He had already been created Lord Portmore in 1699 and was made Lord Colyear and Viscount of Milsington at the same time as he
COLYEAR, David (1657–1730) cr. 1 June 1699 Ld. Portmore [S]; cr. 13 Apr. 1703 earl of PORTMORE [S] RP [S] 1713 First sat 16 Feb. 1714; last sat 25 Aug. 1714. bap. 1 Apr. 1657, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Colyear, bt., of Brabant, and Jean, da. of lt.-col. Walter Murray. m. (1) Arnolda de Beyer (d. bef. 1696) of Nijmegen, s.p.;
For his role in several Irish campaigns and afterwards in Flanders, Colyear was created a Peer of Scotland on 1st June 1699 and given the title of Lord Portmore and Blackness. In 1702 Colyear was promoted to the rank of Major General and played a role in the attack on Vigo Bay (in Northern Portugal) during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1st Earl of Portmore. Biography: ODNB link for Colyear, David (c 1656-1730) 1st Earl of Portmore, General. Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P127884 (Former ISAAR ref:...
