Charles Robert Colvile
Charles Robert Colvile (30 March 1815 – 8 March 1886) was an English Peelite and Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.
Colvile was the son of Sir Charles Colvile and his wife Harriet Anne Bonell.
Colvile became MP for Derbyshire South in 1841, supporting Sir Robert Peel and held the seat until 1859. He regained it as a Liberal in 1865 and held it until 1868. He lived at Lullington Hall and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1875.[1]
Colvile married Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell, daughter of John Russell and Sophia Coussmaker. Their son Sir Henry Colvile became a major-general in the 2nd Boer War fighting at the Battle of Modder River.
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 24177". The London Gazette. 4 February 1875. p. 449.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded bySir George Harpur CreweFrancis Hurt
Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire 1841–1859 With: Edward Miller Mundy 1841–1849William Mundy 1849–1857Thomas William Evans 1857–1859
Succeeded byThomas William EvansWilliam Mundy
Preceded byThomas William EvansWilliam Mundy
Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire 1865–1868 With: Thomas William Evans
Succeeded byRowland SmithSir Thomas Gresley
Honorary titles
Preceded byGodfrey Franceys Meynell
High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1875–1876
Succeeded byNathaniel Charles Curzon
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