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 COLVILL or COLVILLE 385 X. 1849. loandi. Charles John (Colville), Lord Colville OF CuLROss [S.], nephew and h., being s. and h. of Gen. BARONY [U.K.] the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B. and G.C.H., by Jane, da. of William Mure, of Caldwell, co. Ayr, I. 1885. which Sir Charles was 6th s. of the 8th Lord, and d. 27 Mar. 1843. He was b. 23 Nov. 1818, at Edin- burgh, and bap. at Caldwell afsd.; ed. at Harrow school; sometime Capt. nth Hussars, being Lieut. Col. of the Hon. Artillery Company of London, 1859-66. Gent, of the Bedchamber to the Prince Consort, 1841-43. Rep. Peer [S.], 1852-85; Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal, Feb. to Dec. 1852, and again Mar. 1858 to June 1859; Master of the Buckhounds (Conserva- tive) 1866-68; P.C. 10 July 1866; Vice Pres. of the Hon. Artillery Co. 1868-85, and Pres. 1885 till his death; Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales, 1873-1901; K.T., 12 Dec. 1874. Chairman of the G.N. Railway 1880-95. On3 1 Dec. 1885 hewasfr. BARON COLVILLE OF CULROSS, CO. Perth [U.K.]. G.C. V.0. 2 5 May 1896; Chamberlain to the Queen Consort 1901-03. On 12 July 1902 he was cr. VISCOUNT COLVILLE OF CULROSS, CO. Perth [U.K.]. He m., 6 June 1853, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, Cecile Katherine Mary, ist surv. da. of Robert John (Smith, afterwards Carrington), 2nd Baron Carrington of Upton, by his ist wife, Elizabeth Katherine, da. of Cecil Weld (Weld-Forester), ist Baron Forester of Willey Park. He d. in Eaton Place, Pimlico, i, and was bur. 6 July 1903, at Northwood Cemetery, near Cowes, aged 84. (^) Will pr. 16 Aug. 1903, gross over ;/^i90,ooo, net over ;^i86,ooo. His widow, who was b. 12 Sep. 1829, d. at Kenswick, co. Worcester, 2, and was bur. 7 Aug. 1907, with her husband. Will pr. gross over £6,000 and net over ;^5,8oo. [Charles Robert William Colville, Master of Colville, s. and h. ap., ^.26 Apr. 1854, at 42 Eaton Place, Midx. ; ed. at Harrow school; joined the Gren. Guards, 1871; Lieut., 1874, and subsequently Capt.; served with the 24th regt. in the Zulu war, 1879; was A.D.C. to the Com. in Chief of the Bombay army, 1881. A Conservative. He m., 7 Oct. 1885, at St. Stephen's, South Kensington, Ruby, 2nd da. of Col. Henry Dorrien Streatfeild, of Chiddingstone, Kent, by Marion Henrietta,('') yst. da. of Oswald Smith, of Blendon Hall, Kent. She was b. 10 Nov. 1866, at 60 Rutland Gate. Having sue. to the peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 2,000 acres. (") He was one of the numerous Peers who have been directors of public companies, for a list of whom (in 1896) see vol. v. Appendix C. V.G. C) She posed to Sir John Millais for his picture "The Captive " (1882). V.G. 49