Colebrooke, William Macbean George, Sir, 1787-1870

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1803 entered the Royal Artillery as second lieutenant; 1805 and 1807-1808 served in Ceylon; 1806 served in Malabar; 1809-1810 served in India; 1810 captain; 1811 served in Java; 1813 deputy quartermaster-general, major, political agent and commissioner in Palembong, Sumatra; 1814 political agent and commissioner in Bengal; 1815-1816 served in Java; 1817-1818 served in the Third Anglo-Maratha War; 1818 served on expedition to the Persian Gulf; 1822-1832 commissioner of the Eastern Inquiry into Ceylon; 1834-1837 lieutenant-governor of the Bahamas; 1837 knighthood; 1837-1840 governor of the Leeward Islands; 1841-1848 lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick; 1846 colonel; 1848-1856 governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands; 1854 major-general; 1859 lieutenant-general; 1865 general; 1859-1870 colonel commanding the Royal Artillery.

Epithet: army officer and colonial governor

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000200
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referencedIn Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820. Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1763-1830 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Vol. XXII (ff. 296). [Aug. 1847-Mar. 1848]-1856.includes:ff. 1, 5 Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre, KCB; Clerk of the Parliaments: Letter to H. Addington: 1847-1848: Drafts.ff. 1, 5 Henry Unwin Addington, Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office: Le... British Library
referencedIn Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820. Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1763-1830 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1763-1830 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Vol. XLVI (ff. 246). April-Dec. 1846.includes:f. 1 Lieutenant Edward Lechmere Russell, Bombay Army: Letter to Sir C. J. Napier: 1846. ff. 3, 145 Captain Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, formerly 3rd Dragoon Guards: Letters to Sir C.J. Napier: 1846. f... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XVII (ff. 690). A-G.includes:f. 3 Reverend William Agar Adamson, of Clonlea, county Clare: Letter to the Bp. of Killaloe: 1832. ff. 5, 37 Reverend William Agar Adamson, of Clonlea, county Clare: Correspondence with Lord Goderich: 1832. ff. 7, ... British Library
creatorOf Vol. XLIII (ff. 259). Nov. 1843-July 1844.includes:f. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lechmere Worrall, Bengal Army: Letters to Capt. J.M. Napier: 1843. f. 2 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich; 1st Earl of Ripon: Letter to Sir C.J. Napier: 1843. ... British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXXIV (ff. 210). Aug. 1833-Dec. 1835.includes:f. 1 David Urquhart, diplomatist: Letter to Col. C.J. Napier: 1833.ff. 3, 5, 12, 27, 29, 67, 167, 183, 195 William Boone, of Thomas and William Boone, booksellers, of London: Letters to Col. C.J.... British Library
creatorOf Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke papers., 1832 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XXIII (ff. 321). 1857-1861.includes:f. 1 Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet: Letter to Sir S. H. Northcote: 1857.f. 5 Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair: Letter to Sir S. H. Northcote: 1857.f. 11 Dyer Knott, of Exeter: Letter to Sir S. H. N..., 1857-1861 British Library
referencedIn Day, Mahlon, 1790-1854. Journal of a voyage among the West India Islands, 1839 Nov. 11-1840 Apr. 20. New-York Historical Society
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Birth 1787-11-09

Death 1870-02-06

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