Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne

Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (14 April 1779 – 3 May 1854) was a British politician.

[1] Ridley-Colborne sat as Member of Parliament for Bletchingley from 1805 to 1806, for Malmesbury from 1806 to 1807, for Appleby from 1807 to 1812, for Thetford from 1818 to 1826, for Horsham from 1827 to 1832 and for Wells from 1834 to 1837.

[2] In 1839 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colborne, of West Harling in the County of Norfolk.

[3] Lord Colborne married Charlotte, daughter of Sir Thomas Steele, in 1808.

They had five children: Lord Colborne died in May 1854, aged 75 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.