John Colborne, first baron Seaton

(1778-1863)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colborne, John, Sir, 1778-1863 NRA: Colborne, John (1778-1863) 1st Baron Seaton, Field Marshal DNB: Colborne, John, first Baron Seaton (1778-1863), army officer and colonial governor LBT ID: LdSeato1 VIAF ID: 36758311 LOC ID: nr00035740	B/BAP: 1778-02-16 DIED: 1863-04-17
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He fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo; he was major-general (1825) and governor of Upper Canada (1830).
REFERENCES TO John Colborne, first baron Seaton: Lady Louisa Molyneux to Thomas Creevey, 17 January 1838 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 2 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 27 January 1838 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 19: Club Law Found 1: ¶ 25 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXI. Found 2: ¶ 67 ¶ 69 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIV: 1837-38 Found 1: ¶ n2