COLBORNE — COLCHESTER. 327 COLBOKNE OF WEST IIAKLING. Barony. Nicholas "William Eidley-Colhohxe, formerly Ridley, i j ggg Aid s. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Bart., of Beaton, co. ' ' ' Northumberland, by Sarah, da. of Benjamin Coujokne, of Bath, co. . , Somerset, ateter of William Colborne,was b. 14 Aprill779,ed. atWeatm. lao4 ' School and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; B.A. (Grand Coinp.), 1800 ; Student at Gray's Inn, 1 795, but never called to the bar. By Uoyal lie, 21 June 1S03, he took name of Collornc after that of Ridley, in compliance with the writ of his materual uncle, William Colborne. Be was M.P. for Blechiugley, 1805-06 ; for Malrnosbury, 1S0G-07 ; for Appleby, 1807-12 ; for Thetford, 1818-26 ; for Borsham, 1827-32 ; and for Wells, 1834 to 1837, and having been a consistent supporter of the Whig party, was, by the Melbourne administration, cr. 15 May 1839, BARON COL- BOKNE OF WEST BARLING, co. Norfolk. Be was a great patron of Art, and bequeathed to the Nat. Gallery, of which he was a trustee, 8 valuable pictures. Be m., 14 June 1808, at St Marylebone, Charlotte, 1st da. of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Steele, by Charlotte, 1st da. of Gen. Sir David Lindsay, Bart. [S.] Be (/. s.p.m.s. 3 Hay 1851, in Hill Street, Midx., aged 75, when his peerage became cxtincl.(*) Will pr, June 1851. His widow d. at the same place a few mouths later, 17 Feb. 1855. Her will pr. March 1855. COLCI1ESTEK. Viscountcy. Thomas (Daucy), Bauon Daiicy of Ciiiche, was 5 July j j ( ;2i 1621, cr, VISCOUNT COLCHESTER, co. Essex, "/<»• life, with reversion to Thomas Savaue, Knt. and Bart., one of the Gentlemen of the Chamber, husband to Elizabeth, da. of Thomas, Lord Darcy [the grantee], and to the heirs male of his body, by the said Elizabcth."( b ) On 4 Nov. 1626 he was cr. EARL RIVERS, with, failing the heirs undo of his body, a similar rem. Ho d. s.p.ui., 21 Feb. 1639/411, when the Earldom and Viscountcy devolved on the family of Savage, according to the spec. rem. See " Riyeus," Earldorn of, cr. 1626 ; the Viscountcy of Colchester (together with that Earldom) becoming extinct in 172S. ( c ) Barony. 1. " Charles Aijbot, of Ividbroofc, co. Sussex, late T 1817 Speaker of the House of Commons," was, 3 June 1817, on retiring from that office, cr. BARON COLCHESTER, of Colchester, co. Essex. Be was 2nd s. of John Abbot, D.D., Rector of All Saints, Col- chester,^ 1 ) by Sarah, da. of Jonathan Faiiu, of Moortiolds, Mldx., citizen and draper, of London. Be was b. 14 Oct. 1757, and hup. 30th at St. Nicholas, Abingdon, Berks ; ed. at Westm. School, becoming a Collegiau when 13 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 14 June 1775, winning the Chancellor's prize (Latin verse) " Petrus Magnus " (when he received a medal from the Empress Catharine) in 1777 ; B.C.L., 1783 ; D.C.L. (Grand Coinp.), 1793 ; Vinerian scholar, 1781 ; Vineriau fellow, 1786-92. Be was called to the bar (Mid. Temple), 1 "83, and joined the Oxford circuit ; Clerk of the Rules in the court of King's Bench (worth £27,000 a year) in 1794 ; M.P. for Belston, 1790-1802 ; for Woodstock, 1802-06 ; for Oxford Univ., 1806-17, introducing into Pari, several practical measures for law reform ; Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, 1797 ; Chairman of the Record Committee, 1800, and, subsequently, of the Record Commission. In 1S01 he introduced a bill, which is the origin of the now census ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1801 ; Speaker of the Bouse OF Commons, 11 Feb. 1802, for 15 years, during which time he, in 1805, gave his casting vote (which in such cases is more usually withheld) for the impeachment of Lord Melville as Treasurer of the Navy. Be retired in 1817, and was raised to the Peeraye as above stated, with a pension of £4,000 for life and one of £3,000 for his next successor. ( a ) Bis only s., the Bon. William Nicholas Ridley-Colbohne, b. 24 July 1S14 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 7 June 1832 ; B.A., 1836 ; M.P. for Richmond, 1841- 46 ; d. unm. v.p. 23 March 1846. ( b ) See " Creations, 1483-1646," in 47th Rep. D.K. Puh. Records. ( c ) See account of Thomas Savage, styled Viscount Colchester, s. and h. ap. of Thomas, 3rd Earl Rivers, but who d. v.p. (before 1694), under the Earls Rivera. ( d ) Ueuce his selection of the name of that town for the title of his peerage.
