Baron Seaton
Baron Seaton , of Seaton in the County of Devon , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on December 14, 1839 for the British General Field Marshal and Colonial Administrator Sir John Colborne .
His grandson, the 3rd Baron, added his family name to Eliott-Drake-Colborne with royal permission in 1917 as a general heir to his father-in-law Sir Francis Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 2nd Baronet, of Nutwell Court († 1916) . Since he remained childless, his brother inherited him in 1933 as the 4th baron. In 1927, after his father-in-law Sir Arthur Vivian († 1926), he added his family name to Colborne-Vivian . When he also died childless in 1955, the title expired.
List of Barons Seaton (1839)
- John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (1778–1863)
- James Colborne, 2nd Baron Seaton (1816–1888)
- John Eliott-Drake-Colborne, 3rd Baron Seaton (1854–1933)
- James Colborne-Vivian, 4th Baron Seaton (1863–1955)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The London Gazette : No. 19801, p. 2564 , December 6, 1839.
Web links
- Entry Seaton on Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page