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General David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore, KT, PC (c. 1656 – 2 January 1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar . Early life. He was the elder son of Sir Alexander Colyear, 1st Baronet, of the family of Strowan, Perthshire, who settled in Holland, where he acquired a considerable property, and preferred the name of Colyear. [1]
David Colyear, 1. Earl of Portmore war ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel in der Peerage of Scotland . Der Titel wurde am 13. April 1703 für David Colyear, 1. Lord Portmore and Blackness, geschaffen. Zusammen mit der Earlswürde wurden ihm die nachgeordneten Titel Viscount of Milsington und Lord Colyear verliehen. Bereits am 1.
3. Mai 2022 · 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. He served in most of William's Irish campaigns and in 1691 became Governor of Limerick.
- Zwijndrecht, South Holland
- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
- South Holland
- 1656
General David Colyear, The Earl of Portmore. 1703-1710. The first Earl of Portmore was the elder son of Sir Alexander Roberston of the Strowan family, Perthshire, who settled in Holland. Sir David acquired a considerable property and adopted the name of Colyear.
David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore. Earl of Portmore was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the Scottish military commander David Colyear, 1st Lord Portmore. He had already been created Lord Portmore in 1699 and was made Lord Colyear and Viscount of Milsington at the same time as he
General Sir David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT. David Colyear was born around 1656 the son of Sir Alexander Robertson of the family of Strowan, Perthshire. He settled in Holland where he acquired considerable property and adopted the name Colyear.
COLYEAR, David (1657–1730) cr. 1 June 1699 Ld. Portmore [S]; cr. 13 Apr. 1703 earl of PORTMORE [S] RP [S] 1713 First sat 16 Feb. 1714; last sat 25 Aug. 1714. bap. 1 Apr. 1657, 1st s. of Sir Alexander Colyear, bt., of Brabant, and Jean, da. of lt.-col. Walter Murray. m. (1) Arnolda de Beyer (d. bef. 1696) of Nijmegen, s.p.;
