Edward Colston (after 1672 – 5 April 1719) was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1713.
On this marriage, his unmarried uncle, Edward Colston, a wealthy merchant, treated him as his heir, and settled a considerable amount of valuable land on him.
[1] At the 1705 English general election Colston was nominated by his uncle for Parliament at Bristol in a Tory attempt to break the Whigs' hold on the city's representation, but was unsuccessful.
At the 1710 British general election, he was returned again as Tory MP for Wells.
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