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COLCHESTER 363 aged 69. Will pr. 6 Dec. 1867, under ;{i 14,000. His widow, who was b. 6 Sep. 1799, d. 31 Mar. 1883, in her 84th year, at 37 Montagu Sq., Midx. Will pr. 4 May 1883, at ;(; 10,946. III. 1867. 3. Reginald Charles Edward (Abbot), Baron Colchester, only s. and h., b. 13 Feb. 1842, in Great Cumberland Place, Marylebone; ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) I90ct. 1859; 1st class in classics, ist class in law and history; Stanhope prize- man and Pres. of the Union Soc.,(') 1863; B.A., 1864; M.A. 1864; Fellow of All Souls' College, 1864-69; Barrister (Line. Inn), 1867; Examiner in law and history at Oxford Univ., 1869-71; F.S.A. 25 Nov. 1875; Charity Commissioner 1880-83. Member of London School Board (Westm.) 1891-94. A Conservative. He «;., 28 Jan. 1869, Isabella Grace, ist da. of Cornwallis (Mavde), Earl de Montalt, by Clementina, da. of Adm. the Hon. Charles Elphinstone-Fleeming. She was b. 15 Jan. 1846. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 2,000 acres. COLDBURNE See "CoLLiNGWooD of Coldburne and Hethpoole, Northumber- land," Barony {Collingtvood), cr. 1805; extinct 18 10. COLE Note. — The style of "Viscount Cole" is used by the family of Cole, Earls of Enniskillen [I.], as the courtesy title of the h. ap. of that Earldom. These Earls are, however, not entitled to a Viscountcy of Cole, but to one of Enniskillen [I.], i.e. a Viscountcy of the same name as the Earldom. See "Enniskillen," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1789, and see also vol. iv, Appendix E. COLEPEPER OF THORESWAY BARONY. I. John Colepeper, only s. and h. of Sir John C, of Wigsell, Kent, by Elizabeth, da. of William Sedley, of I. 1644. Southfleet ; served sometime in the Army; knighted 1 4 Jan. 1 62 1 /2 ; was elected M.P. for Rye, Apr. 1 640, and Nov. 1640 (till disabled Jan. 1643/4) for Kent, in the Long Pari., where (9 Nov. 1640) he made a famous speech against Monopolies, and sup- ported the Bill for Strafford's attainder, but opposed " the Grand Remon- strance " and the Militia Bill. P.C. i Jan. 1641/2; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2 Jan. 1 641/2 to Feb. 1642/3, retaining a seat on the Treasury (^) For a list of peers who have been Presidents of the Union Soc. of Oxford or of Cambridge, see vol. iv, Appendix F.