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English politician and slave trader

Arms of Colleton: Or, three stag's heads couped proper

Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet, FRS (17 September 1635 – 24 March 1694) was an English politician and slave trader.

He was the eldest son of Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, of Exeter, Devon, whom he succeeded in 1667.

He became a merchant and was a Member of the council of the Barbados in 1664–1684. He was a member of the Royal Adventurers into Africa in 1667–1672 and a member of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1670 to his death.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.

He was MP for Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) in 1681–1685 and 1689–1694.

References

  1. Wotton, Thomas, Baronetage of England, 1771, Volume 2, Arms of Colleton Baronets; given elsewhere as roebuck's heads, frequently interchangeable
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "COLLETON, Sir Peter, 2nd Bt. (1635-94), of Exmouth, Devon and Golden Square, Westminster". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
Baronetage of England
Preceded byJohn Colleton Baronet
(of London)
1667–1694
Succeeded byJohn Colleton
Governors of Barbados
Barbados (1627–1833)
Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)
Barbados (1885–1966)
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Served as Acting Governor of Barbados.


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