Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore
Politician
1700 – 1785
Who was Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore?
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore KT was a Scottish nobleman, known as Beau Colyear for his conspicuous dress.
He was the son of David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore and his wife Catherine Sedley, former mistress of James II. Amongst his ancestors were William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, foiler of the gunpowder plot, and Geoffrey Chaucer. He was also a descendant of Elizabeth of York, daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and sister of Edward IV of England.
He was MP for Member for Wycombe in 1726 and Andover 1727–1730, when he succeeded to the earldom.
He owned many famous racehorses. He was a founding Governor of the Foundling Hospital, a charity created in 1739, dedicated to the salvation of abandoned children.
With Elizabeth Collier he had an illegitimate daughter, also called Elizabeth, born c. 1747, who married first Edward Pole, the soldier and secondly Erasmus Darwin, the physician.
He was Knighted in June 1732 and married the same year Juliana Hale, daughter of Roger Hale of Halwell, Devon, and widow of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds. They had the following children:
Caroline Colyear married Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1700
- Also known as
- Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore KT
- Beau Colyear
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 5, 1785
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on July 23, 2013
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