Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne

Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (14 April 1779 – 3 May 1854) was a British politician.

Background

Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Mary (d. 1806), daughter of Benjamin Colborne (see Viscount Ridley for earlier history of the family). In 1803 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Colborne.^[1]

Political career

Ridley-Colborne sat as Member of Parliament for Bletchingley from 1805 to 1806, for Malmesbury from 1806 to 1807, for Appleby from 1807 to 1812, for Thetford from 1818 to 1826, for Horsham from 1827 to 1832 and for Wells from 1834 to 1837.^[2] In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colborne, of West Harling in the County of Norfolk.^[3]

Family

Lord Colborne married Charlotte, daughter of Sir Thomas Steele, in 1808. They had several daughters. He died in May 1854, aged 75. As he had no sons the barony became extinct. Lady Colborne died in February 1855.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} thepeerage.com Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st and last Baron Colborne of West Harling
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
3. ^ London Gazette: no. 19730. p. 928. 3 May 1839.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nicholas Ridley-Colborne

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Milnes John Benn-Walsh	Member of Parliament for Bletchingley 1805–1806 With: John Benn-Walsh	Succeeded by Josias du Pre Porcher William Kenrick
Preceded by Claude Scott Samuel Scott	Member of Parliament for Malmesbury 1806–1807 With: Robert Ladbroke	Succeeded by Sir George Bowyer, Bt Philip Gell
Preceded by Viscount Howick James Ramsay Cuthbert	Member of Parliament for Appleby 1807–1812 With: James Ramsay Cuthbert	Succeeded by John Courtenay James Lowther
Preceded by Thomas Creevey Lord John FitzRoy	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1818–1826 With: Lord Charles FitzRoy	Succeeded by Lord Charles FitzRoy Bingham Baring
Preceded by Robert Hurst Hon. Henry Fox	Member of Parliament for Horsham 1827–1832 With: Robert Hurst 1827–1829 The Earl of Surrey 1829–1832	Succeeded by Robert Henry Hurst (representation reduced to one member 1832)
Preceded by John Lee Lee Norman Lamont	Member of Parliament for Wells 1834–1837 With: John Lee Lee	Succeeded by Richard Blakemore Sir William Goodenough Hayter, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Colborne 1839–1854	Extinct