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Elizabeth Law<br />(d. 1883)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> <b>Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester</b> <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">PC</a> (12 March 1798 – 18 October 1867), known as <b>Charles Abbot</b> before 1829, was a British naval commander and <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Abbot,_2nd_Baron_Colchester&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colchester was the son of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Abbot,_1st_Baron_Colchester" title="Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester">Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>, and Elizabeth, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Philip_Gibbes,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet">Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Dartmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval College, Dartmouth">Royal Naval College, Dartmouth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_career">Naval career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Abbot,_2nd_Baron_Colchester&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Naval career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seaou-Koo-Shan,_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg/220px-Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg/330px-Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg/440px-Seaou-Koo-Shan%2C_from_the_East_1817_p331.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="411" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Little_Orphan" title="Little Orphan">Seaou-Koo-Shan</a> (Little Orphan Hill) in the <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze river">Yangtze river</a> in 1816, from a sketch by Abbot</figcaption></figure> <p>Colchester served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> from 1811. He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-Admiral">Rear-Admiral</a> in 1854, to <a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> in 1860 and to <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> on the Reserved List in 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Abbot,_2nd_Baron_Colchester&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colchester succeeded to his father's peerage in 1829 and entered the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. However, it was not until 1835 that he made his maiden speech.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served under the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby">Earl of Derby</a> as <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of the Board of Trade">Vice-President of the Board of Trade</a> in 1852<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Postmaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Postmaster General">Postmaster General</a> between 1858 and 1859. In 1852 he was sworn of the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from his naval and political career he was also President of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a> between 1845 and 1847. On 7 June 1853 the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> conferred on him a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Civil_Law" title="Doctor of Civil Law">DCL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Abbot,_2nd_Baron_Colchester&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lord Colchester married the Hon. Elizabeth Susan, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Law,_1st_Baron_Ellenborough" title="Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough">Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough</a>, in 1836. He died in October 1867, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Reginald. 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<tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">The Lord Stanley of Alderley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> </b><br />1852 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">The Lord Stanley of Alderley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of the Board of Trade">Vice-President of the Board of Trade</a> </b><br />1852 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Campbell,_8th_Duke_of_Argyll" title="George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll">The Duke of Argyll</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Postmaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Postmaster General">Postmaster General</a> </b><br />1858–1859 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin">The Earl of Elgin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Abbot,_1st_Baron_Colchester" title="Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester">Charles Abbot</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Baron_Colchester" title="Baron Colchester">Baron Colchester</a> </b><br />1829–1867 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reginald_Abbot,_3rd_Baron_Colchester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reginald Abbot, 3rd Baron Colchester (page does not exist)">Reginald Abbot</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Knatchbull,_9th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet">Knatchbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bingham_Baring,_2nd_Baron_Ashburton" title="Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton">Baring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay" title="Thomas Babington Macaulay">Macaulay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville" title="Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Colchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_2nd_Baron_Stanley_of_Alderley" title="Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Pleydell-Bouverie" title="Edward Pleydell-Bouverie">Pleydell-Bouverie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hely-Hutchinson,_4th_Earl_of_Donoughmore" title="Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 4th Earl of Donoughmore">Donoughmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algernon_Percy,_6th_Duke_of_Northumberland" title="Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland">Lovaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(businessman)" title="James Wilson (businessman)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cowper-Temple,_1st_Baron_Mount_Temple" title="William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple">Cowper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hutt_(politician)" title="William Hutt (politician)">Hutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">Goschen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Monsell,_1st_Baron_Emly" title="William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly">Monsell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cave" title="Stephen Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a 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Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust,_3rd_Earl_Brownlow" title="Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Child_Villiers,_7th_Earl_of_Jersey" title="Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Windsor-Clive,_1st_Earl_of_Plymouth" title="Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Seale-Hayne" title="Charles Seale-Hayne">Seale-Hayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_7th_Earl_of_Hopetoun" title="John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer-Churchill,_9th_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savile_Crossley,_1st_Baron_Somerleyton" title="Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton">Crossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Causton,_1st_Baron_Southwark" title="Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark">Causton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Guest,_1st_Viscount_Wimborne" title="Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne">Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Strachey,_1st_Baron_Strachie" title="Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie">Strachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Legh,_2nd_Baron_Newton" title="Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Compton-Rickett" title="Joseph Compton-Rickett">Compton-Rickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Boyd-Carpenter" title="Archibald Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gosling" title="Harry Gosling">Gosling</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,_5th_Duke_of_Sutherland" title="George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_5th_Earl_of_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Arnold,_1st_Baron_Arnold" title="Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lamb,_1st_Baron_Rochester" title="Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hutchison,_1st_Baron_Hutchison_of_Montrose" title="Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose">Hutchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_FitzClarence,_5th_Earl_of_Munster" title="Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster">Munster</a></li> <li><a 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Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyd-Carpenter,_Baron_Boyd-Carpenter" title="John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wigg" title="George Wigg">Wigg</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Shackleton,_Baron_Shackleton" title="Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Hart" title="Judith Hart">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lever,_Baron_Lever_of_Manchester" title="Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Macmillan" title="Maurice Macmillan">Macmillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Dell" title="Edmund Dell">Dell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Maude" title="Angus Maude">A. 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