Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke PC, GCVO (12 October 1861–28 February 1939), known as Sir Edward Colebrooke, 5th Baronet, from 1890 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician and courtier. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party
Colebrooke was the son of Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Richardson, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1890. Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet ( 19 August 1813 &ndash 11 January 1890) was a British politician In 1906 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Colebrooke, of Stebunheath in the County of Middlesex. He served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1906 to 1911 and under Asquith and later David Lloyd George as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the House of Lords) from 1911 to 1922. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served Most Lords in Waiting (female Baroness-in-Waiting) are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 &ndash 26 March 1945 was a British Statesman and the only The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post usually held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords. In 1914 Colebrooke was admitted to the Privy Council. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. He was also a Permanent Lord-in-Waiting from 1924 to 1939 and served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1906 to 1907. The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the British Sovereign's personal representative to the General Assembly of the He was made a KCVO in 1922 and a GCVO in 1927. The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria The Royal Victorian Order (RVO is a Dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms Created by Queen Victoria
Lord Colebrooke married Alexandra Harriet, daughter of General Lord Alfred Paget, in 1889. Lord Alfred Henry Paget ( 26 June, 1816 &ndash 24 August 1888) was a British soldier and courtier They had one son (who died in 1921) and two daughters. He died in February 1939, aged 77, when the baronetcy and barony became extinct. Lady Colebrooke died in 1944.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Denman |
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1911–1922 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Clarendon |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Edward Colebrooke |
Baronet (of Gatton) 1890–1939 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Colebrooke 1906–1939 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
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