COLBORNE 361 Gray's Inn, 1795, but never called to the bar. By Royal lie, 21 June 1803, he took the name of Colborne after that of Ridley, in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle, William Colborne. He was M.P. (Whig) for Bletchingley, 1805-06; for Malmesbury, 1806-07; for Appleby, 1807-12 for Thetford, 1818-26; for Horsham, 1827-32; and for Wells, 1834-37 Trustee of the Nat. Gallery 1 83 1 till his death. He was cr., 1 5 May 1 839 BARON COLBORNE OF WEST HARLING, Norfolk. He m. 14 June 1808, at St. Marylebone, Charlotte, ist da. of the Rt. Hon Thomas Steele, by Charlotte, ist da. of Gen. Sir David Lindsay, Bart. [S.] He d. s.p.m.s.,m Hill Str., Midx., 3, and was Ipuk ii May 1854, at Kensal Green, aged 75, when his Peerage became extinct.(^) Will pr. June 1854. His widow d. at the same place a few months later, 17 Feb. 1855. Will pr. Mar. 1855. COLCHESTER VISCOUNTCY. Thomas (Darcy), Baron Darcy of Chiche, was 5 July 1 62 1, cr. VISCOUNT COLCHESTER, Essex, I. 1 62 1. "for life, v/ith. reversion to Thomas Savage, 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 Elizabeth."() On 4 Nov. 1626 he was cr. EARL RIVERS, with, failing the heirs male of his body, a similar rem. He d. s.p.m., 21 Feb. 1639/40, when the Earldom and Viscountcy devolved on the family of Savage, according to the spec. rem. See " Rivers," Earldom oi,cr. 1626; the Viscountcy of Colchester (together with that Earldom) becoming extinct in I728.(') BARONY. I. Charles Abbot, 2nd s. of John A., D.D., Rector of All Saints, Colchester,() by Sarah, da. of Jonathan I. 1 8 17. Farr, of Moorfields, Midx., citizen and draper, of London, was^. i4,and^<;7/'. 3oOct. 1757, at St. Nicholas's, Abingdon, Berks; ed. at Westm. school, becoming a Scholar when 13; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 14 June 1775, winning the Chancellor's prize (Latin ultimo preterite." Similar writs, 29 Oct. 4 Hen. VI. Inq., cos. Hereford, Essex, Saturday before and Monday after St. Katharine [24, 26 Nov.] 1425. "... predictus Hugo obiit sexto die Marcii ultimo preterito." (Ch. Inq. p. m.. Hen. VI, file 17, no. 30: Exch. Inq. p. m., I, file 134, no. 14). (^) He was a great patron of Art, and bequeathed to the National Gallery 8 valu- able pictures. He was raised to the peerage on the recommendation of Lord Melbourne. His only s., William Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, b. 24 July 18 14; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 7 June 1832, B.A., 1836; M.P. (Liberal) for Richmond, 1841-46; d. unm. v.p., 23 Mar. 1846, in Hill Str., and was bur. at Kensal Green. (^) See Creations, 1 483-1 646, in 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records. (•=) 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 Rivers. (■*) Hence his selection of the name of that town for the title of his peerage. 46
