Family and Education
b. 24 June 1718, 1st s. of James Colebrooke of Colebrooke and Lightfoot, bankers, behind the Royal Exchange, by his w. Mary née Hudson; bro. of James Colebrooke and Sir George Colebrooke, M.P. m. (1) 12 July 1741, Henrietta (d. 22 Dec. 1753), da. of Lord Harry Powlett, s.p.; (2) 4 Aug. 1756, Anne, da. and h. of John Thresher of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts., s.p. suc. fa. 1752.
Offices Held
Minister to Switzerland 1762 – 64; appointed ambassador to Turkey 1765 but never went out.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Chilham, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
COLEBROOKE, Robert (1718-84)
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Oxford 1644
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