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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.
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.
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.
Colyear, David, (c 1656-1730), 1st Earl of Portmore, General. This page summarises records created by this Person. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually...
COLYEAR, Sir DAVID, first Earl of Portmore (d. 1730), was the elder son of Sir Alexander Robertson, of the family of Strowan, Perthshire, who settled in Holland, where he acquired a considerable property, and adopted the name of Colyear.
For his role in several Irish campaigns and afterwards in Flanders, Colyear was created a Peer of Scotland on 1st June 1699 and given the title of Lord Portmore and Blackness. In 1702 Colyear was promoted to the rank of Major General and played a role in the attack on Vigo Bay (in Northern Portugal) during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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.
