David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore

The Earl of Portmore
The Earl of Portmore
Born	1656
Died	2 January 1730 Weybridge, Surrey
Buried at	Weybridge, Surrey
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession

General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC (c. 1656–2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar

Military career

Colyear was commissioned into the Army of William of Orange in 1674.^[1] He served in most of William's Irish campaigns and in 1691 became Governor of Limerick.^[1] For his service in Ireland he was created Lord Portmore in 1699.^[1]

He took part in the War of Spanish Succession and participated in the Battle of Cádiz in 1702 and the Battle of Vigo Bay later that year.^[1] He was further created Earl of Portmore, Viscount Milsington and Lord Colyear in 1703.^[1] He was elevated to the Privy Council and created a Knight of the Thistle in 1712.^[1]

Family

He married Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, former mistress of James II.^[1] They had two sons:

1. David Colyear, Viscount Milsington (b 1698, dvpsps 1728-9)
2. Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} David Colyear at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

• The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Military offices
Preceded by John Wauchope	Colonel of The Earl of Portmore's Regiment of Foot 1688–1703	Succeeded by Viscount Dalrymple
Preceded by Henry Bellasis	Colonel of The Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot 1703–1710	Succeeded by Percy Kirke, jr.
Preceded by Thomas Stanwix	Governor of Gibraltar 1713–1720	Succeeded by Richard Kane
Preceded by The Earl of Stair	Colonel of the Grey Dragoons 1714–1717	Succeeded by Sir James Campbell
Peerage of Scotland
New title	Lord Portmore 1699–1730	Succeeded by Charles Colyear
	Earl of Portmore 1703–1730
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Alexander Colyear	Baronet (of Holland) 1685– 1730	Succeeded by Charles Colyear

Persondata
Name	Portmore, David Colyear, 1st Earl
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1656
Place of birth
Date of death	2 January 1730
Place of death	Weybridge, Surrey

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