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'''Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baronet''' (21 July 1722<ref>John Burke, ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'' vol. I, 1832, ''s.v.'' "Colebrooke, Sir James".</ref> — 10 May 1761)<ref>Statistics in the article are drawn from L.G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972:80), reported in [http://www.thepeerage.com/p3280.htm#i32798 thePeerage.com].</ref> sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1751 to 1761.

==Early life==
He was the son of [[James Colebrooke (banker)|James Colebrooke]], of [[Chilham Castle]], Kent,<ref>A citizen and member of the [[Worshipful Company of Mercers|Mercers Company of London]], according to Burke 1832, which has "Childham Castle".</ref> a very prominent private banker in London,<ref>"The cash for bankers' notes of undoubted capitals<!--capitals in original--> and credit, such as a Child, a Hoare and a Colebrook, is but rarely called for, but if these notes fall into people's hands who are not their customers, then payment is immediately demanded," wrote Philip Cantillon, in ''The Analysis of Trade &c'' (London, 1759:173), quoted in Henry Dunning Macleod, ''The Theory and Practice of Banking: With the Elementary Principles of Currency, Prices, Credit, and Exchanges''  vol. ii (London: Longmans, Green) 1856:58 §74.</ref> and his wife Mary Hudson. He and his brother [[Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet|George]] were educated at [[Leiden University]]; on his return to Britain, he married Mary Skynner, daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Skynner of Walthamstow, Essex, and Mary Remington, in May 1747.

==Career==
Shortly thereafter he bought [[Gatton Park]] from William Newland, with the proprietorship of the borough of Gatton, and the privilege of sending two members to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]].<ref>[[Owen Manning]] and [[William Bray (antiquary)|William Bray]], ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey'', (1803-14, reprinted 1974).</ref> He duly exercised the privilege, sitting in the House of Commons from 1751 to 1761.

Sir James was invested as a Knight and was created 1st Baronet Colebrooke, of [[Gatton Park|Gatton, county Surrey]] (Great Britain) on 12 October 1759, with a special remainder to his brother, George.<ref>Sir George was elected a member of the [[Royal Society of Antiquaries]], represented Arundel in Parliament and was a deputy-director of the [[British East India Company]], and a patentee in [[New Hampshire]], for whom [[Colebrook, New Hampshire]], is named.</ref> He left two daughters, [[Emma, Lady Tankerville]] who was a botanist<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philip Mould {{!}} Historical Portraits {{!}} Emma, Countess of Tankerville {{!}} Daniel Gardner {{!}} Item Details|url=http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&ItemID=1481&Desc=Emma,-Countess-of-Tankerville-%7C-Daniel-Gardner|website=historicalportraits.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> and Mary (1750–1781), who married [[Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet]]. On his death in 1761 the baronetcy and Gatton Park passed to his brother George.

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