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David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore KT PC (c. 1656–1730) was a Scottish general and Governor of Gibraltar
He was created Lord Portmore in 1699. He was further created Earl of Portmore, Viscount Milsington and Lord Colyear in 1703. He was elevated to the Privy Council in 1712 and created a Knight of the Thistle in 1713.
He married Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, former mistress of James II. They had two sons:
Capture of Gibraltar 1704 Rooke · Hesse-Darmstadt · Elliott · Stanwix
Treaty of Utrecht 1713 Portmore · Kane · Clayton · Sabine · Columbine · Hargrave · Bland · Fowke · Tyrawley · Home · Toovey · Parslow · Cornwallis · Boyd · Eliott · Boyd · Rainsford · O'Hara · Barnett · Kent and Strathearn · Trigge · Fox · Drummond · Dalrymple · Drummond · Cradock · Smith · Fraser · Campbell · Don · Chatham · Don
British crown colony 1830 Houstoun · Woodford · Wilson · Gardiner · Fergusson · Codrington · Airey · Williams · Napier of Magdala · Adye · Hardinge · Smyth · Newdigate · Nicholson · G.J. Smart · Biddulph · White · Forestier-Walker · Hunter · Miles · Smith-Dorrien · Monro · Godley · Harington · Ironside · Liddell · Gort · Mason-Macfarlane · Eastwood · Anderson · MacMillan · Redman · Keightley · Ward · Lathbury · Begg · Grandy · Jackson · Williams · Terry · Reffell · Chapple · White · Luce · Durie · Blunt
British overseas territory 2002 Richards · Barton · Fulton
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