Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
Summary
12th October 1759. James Colebrooke 1st Baronet [aged 37] created.
10th May 1761. Brother George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet [aged 31] succeeded.
5th August 1809. Son James Edward Colebrooke 3rd Baronet [aged 48] succeeded.
1838. Nephew Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet [aged 24] succeeded.
11th January 1890. Son Edward Arthur Colebrooke 1st Baron Colebrooke [aged 28] succeeded.
28th February 1939. Edward Arthur Colebrooke 1st Baron Colebrooke extinct.
On 12th October 1759 James Colebrooke 1st Baronet [aged 37] was created 1st Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey with a special remainder to his brother George [aged 30] since James only had daughters.
On 10th May 1761 James Colebrooke 1st Baronet [aged 38] died. His brother George [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey. George was left in sole charge of the family bank in Threadneedle Street. He invested some of his wealth in buying control of the borough of Arundel where the family lived. Arundel was not a classic pocket borough, where the power to return MPs was literally tied to property rights that could be freely bought and sold, but a thoroughly corrupt one where bribery was routine and where maintaining influence of the elections required constant expenditure.
On 5th August 1809 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet [aged 80] died. His son James [aged 48] succeeded 3rd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.
In 1838 James Edward Colebrooke 3rd Baronet [aged 77] died. His nephew Thomas [aged 24] succeeded 4th Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.
On 11th January 1890 Thomas Edward Colebrooke 4th Baronet [aged 76] died. His son Edward [aged 28] succeeded 5th Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.
On 28th February 1939 Edward Arthur Colebrooke 1st Baron Colebrooke [aged 77] died. Baron Colebrooke of Stebunheath in Middlesex, Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey extinct.