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Colborne, Nicholas William Ridley, Baron Colborne, brother of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 14 Apr 1779; in sixth form list 1796; probably the Ridley who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1796; BA 1800; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Dec 1795, withdrew from Inn 26 Apr 1809 without having been called to bar; assumed additional surname and arms of Colborne 21 Jun 1803; MP Bletchingley 8 May 1805-6, Malmesbury 1806-7, Appleby 20 Jul 1807 – 1812, Thetford 1818-26, Horsham 8 Feb 1827-32, Wells 5 May 1834-7; created Baron Colborne 15 May 1839; a loyal supporter of the Whig party in House of Commons and House of Lords; member, Fine Arts Commission 1841, Metropolitan Improvements Commission 1842; Busby Trustee 13 May 1851; m. 14 Jun 1808 Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Steele (qv); d. 3 May 1854.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.