Colman Rashleigh

Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet CB DL (4 May 1819 – 27 October 1896)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bt CB DL
Member of Parliament for East Cornwall
In office 1874–1880 Serving with John Tremayne
Preceded by	Edward Brydges Willyams Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt
Succeeded by	William Copeland Borlase Thomas Agar-Robartes
Personal details
Born	4 May 1819 Rickmansworth, Herefordshire, England
Died	27 October 1896 (aged 77)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Mary Anne Kendall ​ ​ (m. 1845; died 1893)​
Relations	Robert Williams (grandfather)
Children	4
Parents	Sir John Rashleigh, Bt Harriet Williams Rashleigh
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Early life

Rashleigh was born on 4 May 1819 at Rickmansworth in Herefordshire, England. He was the eldest son of the former Harriet Williams (d. 1831) and Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet (1772–1847), who was created a Baronet of Prideaux on 30 September 1831 when Colman was 12 years old.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Katherine (née Battie) Rashleigh (daughter and co-heir of William Battie, Esq. M.D.) and John Rashleigh, Esq. of Penquite, the first Commissioner and Receiver for Greenwich Hospital.[3] The Rashleigh family had been settled in Cornwall since at least the early part of the 16th century.[2] His maternal grandfather was Robert Williams, Esq. of Bridehead in County Durham MP.[3]

Rashleigh was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1843.[2]

Career

Rashleigh held a number of public offices in Cornwall including a Justice of the Peace (JP), Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall, High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1852 and Deputy-Warden of the Stannaries. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Cornwall from 1874 to 1880.[4]

He was also invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (CB) and gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the service of the Cornwall and Devon Miners' Artillery.[5]

Personal life

On 1 May 1845, Rashleigh married Mary Anne Kendall (1823–1893), the only daughter of Nicholas Kendall of Pelyn MP and Mary Anne Wymond. Her brother was the Rev. Francis Kendall of Lanlivery.[6] Together, they had four children:[7]

• Sir Colman Battie Rashleigh, 3rd Baronet (1846–1907), who married, firstly, Geraldine Frances Walpole, daughter of Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, in 1872. He married, secondly, Amy Young Jamieson, daughter of James Young Jamieson, Esq., in 1878.[7]
• Reverend John Kendall Rashleigh (1847–1933), the Rector of St Mabyn in Cornwall who married, firstly, Charlotte Jane Rashleigh, daughter of Charles Edward Rashleigh, in 1871. He married, secondly, Charlotte Maria Hodgson, daughter of Sir Arthur Hodgson, in 1876.[7]
• Harriett Rashleigh (b. c. 1850)[7]
• Mary Rashleigh (1852–1900), who married her brother's brother-in-law, Col. Henry James Young Jamieson, son of James Young Jamieson.[7]

In 1851 he resided at Great Prideane, Luxulyan, Cornwall.[5] Lady Rashleigh died at the Mayoralty in Bodmin on 6 August 1893 and Sir Colman died on 27 October 1896.[6]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "R" (part 1)
2. Mair, LLD (Edited by), Robert H. (1879). Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage and Knightage (and Companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: To Which is Added Much Information Respecting the Immediate Family Connection of Baronets. London: Dean & Son Publishers. p. 374. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
3. Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. With the Arms of the Peers. Hurst and Blackett. p. 802. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
5. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage. Person Page – 46676". Retrieved 6 February 2016.
6. "Lady Rashleigh". www.19thcenturyphotos.com. Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
7. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1916. p. 570. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Colman Rashleigh