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 384 COLVILL or COLVILLE VII. 1741. 7. Alexander (Colville), Lord C0LVI1.LE OF CuLRoss [S.], s. and h., ^. 2 8 Feb. 1 7 1 7. He entered the Royal Navy 1 73 1, becoming Rear Adm. 1762. He was in command in America in 1755; was at the reduction of Louisburg in 1758; made a gallant relief of Quebec, then besieged, in 1760, and drove the French from Newfound- land. He was continued in this command till 1766, when he returned to Scotland. He »?., i Oct. 1768, Elizabeth,(^) widow of Walter Macfarlane, da. of Alexander (Erskine), 5th Earl of Kellie [S.], by his 2nd wife, Janet, da. of Archibald Pitcairn, M.D. He d. s.p. legil., at Drumsheugh, near Edinburgh, 21 May 1770, in his 54th year. Will pr. Oct. 1770. His widow d. there 2 Nov. 1794, in her 60th year. VIII. 1770. 8. John (Colville), Lord Colville of Culross [S.], 4th('') but next surv. br. and h., b. 24 Jan. 1724/5, at Dundee. He entered the army in 1 741, and served in the West Indies; was at the battle of Fontenoy, 1745; at Culloden, 1746; and at the reduction of Belleisle, 1761; retired in 1764. Inspector Gen. of the out Ports [S.] from about 1765 till his death. He m., 18 July 1758, at Gibraltar, Amelia, da. of ( — ) Webber. She d. 5 Aug. 1788, at Stoke House, near Bath, and was bur. in Walcot Church. He d. 8 Mar. 181 1, at Broomwell House, near Bristol, and was bur. in Bath Abbey, aged 86. Will dat. 22 Dec. 1 8 TO, pr. 17 Apr. 18 11. [James John Colville, Master of Colville, 3rd but ist surv. s.(') and h. ap., b. in London 10 Aug. 1763; Lieut. R.N. He d. unm. and v.p., 18 Feb. 1786, in his 23rd year, at Bath.] IX. 1811. 9. John (Colville), Lord Colville of Culross [S.], 4th but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 15 Mar. 1768; entered the Navy, 1780; Rear Adm. 1819; Vice Adm. 1830; Adm. 1841; becoming, finally, in 1847, Adm. of the White. Rep. Peer [S.] 1818-49 (Tory). He »?., istly, 14 Oct. 1790, at Welford, co. Stafford, Elizabeth, sister of Sir Francis Ford, ist Bart., da. of Francis Ford, of the Lea, in St. Michael's parish, Barbados, by Elizabeth, da. of John Hothersall. She was b. Feb. 1754, and d. 19 Aug. 1839, in Portland Place. He m., 2ndly, 15 Oct. 1841, at St. Marylebone, Anne, ist da. of Edward (Law), 1st Baron Ellenborough, by Anne, da. of George Philips Towry. He d. s.p.s., 22 Oct. 1849, aged 81. Will pr. Jan. 1850. His widow, who was b. 21 Jan. 1815, d. 30 May 1852, in Upper Brook Str. Will pr. July 1852. (^) Boswell, in his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, mentions her "dignity and grace." C') The 2nd br., Charles, d. an infant. The 3rd br., George, a Lieut, in the Army, d. unm. in New York, of fever, 1739. V.G. (=) The ist s., Charles, b. Apr. 1759, and the 2nd s., Alexander, l>. 1761, both d. when infants. V.G.