James Colebrooke

Sir James Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baronet (21 July 1722[1] — 10 May 1761)[2] sat in the House of Commons from 1751 to 1761.

He was the son of James Colebrooke, of Chilham Castle, Kent,[3] a very prominent private banker in London,[4] and his wife Mary Hudson.

He and his brother 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.

Sir James was invested as a Knight and was created 1st Baronet Colebrooke, of Gatton, county Surrey (Great Britain) on 12 October 1759, with a special remainder to his brother, George.

[6] He left two daughters, Emma, Lady Tankerville who was a botanist[7] and Mary (1750–1781), who married Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet.