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Charles (2nd Earl of Portmore) COLYEAR. (Knight of the Thistle) Born: 1700 Died: 1785 London
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The Earl of Portmore was a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1703 for Scottish military commander David Colyear, which became extinct in 1835. by Alexander Feb 25, 2023 Once upon a time, in the Scottish Peerage, there was a title that exuded power and nobility.
Catherine and David Colyear had two sons: David Colyear, Viscount Mislington and Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore. Colyear died in Weybridge on 2nd January 1730 and was buried in the family vault he had commissioned on 13th January. The Portmore vault can still be seen in St James' Churchyard in Weybridge.
While allowing that Colyear ‘is one of the best foot officers in the world, is very brave and bold, hath a great deal of wit, [is] very much a man of honour and nice that way’, he noted that ‘yet [he] married the countess of Dorchester, and had by her a good estate’.5 As Burnet suggested, Colyear’s matrimonial decision paid off for both parties: his loyalty to William III shielded ...
Surname meaning for Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore. Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.
