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 CO LESIII LL — C( > LONS A V . 0OLE8HILL (Berks). i.e. " l^EYDEtx«BotrvEiUB of Colesiitlt., co. Berks," Barony [Bouarie), or. 176.", with " Radnor," Earldom of, which see. COLESniLL (co. Warwick). ke. " Colesitiix. co. Warwick," Vi.scoinitcy (])i;/h>/'; er. 1790, with " Digby," Earldom of, whioh see ; both titles ex. 18f>6. COLLINGWOOD OF COLDBOBNE AND HETHPOOLE, co. Northuml lerland. Barony. Cutiiueut Colli^gwoou, s. of Cuthbort C. of Neweastlo- 1 1H03 ujiun-Tyne, merchant, by Milcha, da. and coheir of Reginald Dobsoh ' ' ' of Darwess, co. Westmorland, b. 20 Sep. 17. r >0, bap. at St. Nicholas, 11 Neweastle-on-Tyne, 24 Oct. following; ed. at the Grammar School In 10. there ; entered the Navy at eleven, became Lieut. R.N. in 177.1, since which time he sue. to almost every post vacated by the pro- motion of (his firm friend) Horatio Nelson. He was, with Nelson, in 17S0, in the expedition bu St. Ju.m, on the Spanish main, where, from the effects of the climate, out "of 1,800 men who were sent at different times on this expedition, only 300 ever returned. "( a ) He distinguished himself ou 1 June 1794, at the engagement oil' Ushant, and ngain on 14 Feb. 1797, receiving a gold medal for each ; Rear- Admiral, 1799 ; Vioe-Admiral, 1804, and, as such, led the lee line at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, where, by Nelson's death, he became the head in command. His services were recognised by his being er., 20 Oct. 1805, ISAKON COLLINGWOOD OF COLDIIURNK AND HETHPOOLE, co. Northumberland, and made Admiral of the lied, with a pension of £2,000 a year for his own life, to be continued on his death as £1,000 for that of his wife, and £ri00 for each of his two (laughters. He received also tile thanks of Pari. He was subsequently Com. -in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet. He ?n. IB June 1791, at St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sarah, da. and Coheir of John Erasmus BLACKETr, Alderman of Ncwcastle-oii-Tyne, by Sarah, da. and coheir of llobert Roddam, of Hethpoole, co. Northumberland. Ho d. s.p.m. on board his flagship, the Villc lie J'urix, 7 March 1810, when the peerage became extinct. After lying in state in Greenwich Hospital, he was bur. in St. Raid's Cathedral, London, by the side of Nelson, M.I. there.( b ) Will pr. May 1810. His widow d. 17 Sep. 1819. Her will pr. Nov. 1819. COLLON. i.e. "Oriel of Collon, co. Louth," Barony [I.] (Foster), er. 1790; see " Femiard," Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1797. COLONSAY OF COLONSAT AND OEONSAY. Barony. "The Rt. Hon. Duncan McNeill, lato Lord Justice I 1867 *^ en ' anf l President 01 th° Court of Session in Scotland," was, 26 Feb. 1867, cr. Baron Colon-say ok Colonsay and Oronsay, co. Argyll. He was 2nd a. of John McNeill, of Colonsay and Oronsay afsd., by to 18/4. Hester, da. of Duncan McNeill, of Dunmorc, and was b. at Colonsay 1794 ; ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrew's and Edinburgh ; Advocate [S.], 1816 ; one of the junior Counsel for the Crown, 1S20-21 ; Sheriff of Perthshire, 1824-34 ; Solicitor (") Annual Register, 1S10, where it is stated that his relation, "the late E. Colling- wood, Esq., left him his estate, worth about £2,000 [a year '!] besides a handsome library," and that "with this addition it is presumed that his Lordship possessed a very ample fortune." (°) " As a Captain or an Admiral where he had Nelson's example or instruction he did splendidly : where Nelson's influence was wanting, he won no especial distinction ; aud, after Nelson's death, as Com. -in-Chief he did at most no better than scores of Other respectable mediocrities who have held high command." To speak of him " who never commanded-iu-chief before the enemy as a tactician worthy of being named along with the Victor of the Nile, at Copenhagen, .and at Trafalgar is simply a misuse of language." See Stephen's " Nat. Bioy."