COLVIN Family of Calcutta, Linlithgow and London7 Samuel Colvin = Jane Milliken Born 1674; an Under-tenant of the Manor of Armagh; died 1733
Born Ayrshire
Alexander Colvin = Janet Moncur Born Balleer, Ireland; married Edinburgh; *(1) & (7)
Married 1728 St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh
COLVIN Alexander Colvin = Elizabeth Kennedy
Arms of the United Company of Merchants Trading to the East Indies © The British Library Board
Born 30 Jun 1718; married 29 Dec 1749 Glasgow; a Bleacher; he died 1791 Dunipace, Stirling; *(2) & (3)
James Colvin = Maria Jackson Born 5 Mar 1768 Linlithgow; married 26 Apr 1802 Calcutta; died 29 May 1847 Westminster; founder member of the mercantile company Messrs. Colvin, Bazett & Co of London & Calcutta; of Little Bealings Grove, Suffolk & Manchester Sq, W; *(6)
SPOTTISWOODE
MONCUR
Born c.1778; died 31 May 1834
JACKSON
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: “The Green Book” drawn up by James Colquhoun & his cousin B.W. Colvin in 1879 and updated by J.B Colvin in 1970; & various editions of Burkes Landed Gentry. The Pedigree should be read in conjunction with the COLVIN Miscellanea (for notes marked *1 to *11) and the extensions to the Pedigree marked *FOLIO 1 to 13
Daughter of Rev. John Kennedy (born 22 Dec 1683; died 22 Jun 1761); born 1714 Dunipace, Strlingshire; died 10 Oct 1795; *(4) & (5)
SAMUEL COLVIN born 15 Mar 1751 Linlothgow; died 22 Dec 1762; ELIZABETH COLVIN born 25 Dec 1752 Linlithgow; married 9 Aug 1777 James Allan (died 1824) @ Larbert Stirlingshire; she died 1793 and left issue (see *FOLIO 1): DAVID ALLAN, born 11 May 1778; ELIZABETH ALLAN, born 2 Sept 1779; married 1 Jul 1806 Calcutta Thomas Spottiswoode; she died 1807 and left issue: ELIZABETH SPOTTISWOODE, born 1807; died 1888; ALEXANDER ALLAN, born 31 May 1781; JAMES ALLAN, born 23 Nov 1782; died 29 Aug 1824; MARGARET ALLAN, born 1784; HELEN ALLAN, born 6 Jul 1786; MARY ALLAN, born 22 Jun 1788; SAMUEL THOMAS ALLAN, born 8 Aug 1790; GEORGE ALLAN, born 1 Dec 1792; JANET SHIRLEY ALLAN, born 18 Dec 1793; married 8 Mar 1813 Edward Walter Blount (born 1780; died 1860; 3rd son of Sir Henry Blunt, 3rd Bt) she died 23 Apr 1884 and left issue: ELIZABETH MARIA BLUNT, born 6 Jul 1817 Agra, India; married 8 May 1839 Rev. Harris Jervoise Bigg-Wither (born 1805; died 1887) she died 22 Oct 1865 and left issue – 5 daughters (MARY BIGG-WITHER; RHODA BIGG-WITHER; MARGARET BIGG-WITHER; FLORENCE BIGG-WITHER; AGNES BIGG-WITHER); JOHN COLVIN born 3 Aug 1754 Linlithgow; died 1764 as the result of a fall from his horse; ALEXANDER COLVIN born 3 Apr 1756 Linlithgow; married 27 Jan 1786 Calcutta India Maria Margaretta Paterson; founded the House of Colvin & Co at Colvin’s Ghat, Calcutta; he died 15 Dec 1818 Calcutta (there is a monument to him in the Old Cathedral (St. John’s), Calcutta) and left issue (see *FOLIO 2); THOMAS COLVIN born 3 Sept 1757; merchant in Calcutta, Glasgow & Jamaica; married 12 Feb 1786 Glasgow to Helen Renny (born 1764; died 1832) *(8); he died 1812 India and left issue: ALEXANDER *(9) born Mar 1787; married 17 Jun 1822 Elizabeth Jackson Colvin (1803-56); he died 22 Jan 1864 and left issue (see ELIZABETH JACKSON below); JOHN COLVIN (see *FOLIO 5); JANE COLVIN (see *FOLIO 3); ELIZABETH COLVIN (see *FOLIO 4); MARGARET COLVIN (see *FOLIO 6); GEORGE COLVIN born 6 Jul 1759 Linlithgow; Customs & Excise Officer; married 3 Mar 1783 Edinburgh Margaret Renny (born 1759; died 1838); he died 21 May 1798; DAVID COLVIN born 22 Jun 1761 Linlithgow; died 25 Jul 1839; SAMUEL COLVIN born 1766; died 1791
John Russell Colvin = Emma Sophia Sneyd Born 29 May 1897 Calcutta; married 10 May 1827; died 9 Sept 1857 Agra; Lt-Governor of the North-West Provinces and was in Agra during the Indian Mutiny and was buried in the Red Fort
PATERSON
AINSLIE
BAYLEY
Daughter of Rev Wetenhall Sneyd, Rector of Newchurch IOW; born 20 Sept 1806 IOW; died 19 Jul 1882 Brighton (*FOLIO 8)
ELIZABETH JACKSON COLVIN born Calcutta 10 Oct 1803; married Calcutta 17 Jun 1822 Alexander Colvin (her cousin – son of Thomas Colvin & Helen Renny); she died Epsom Surrey 8 Mar 1856 and left issue: MARIA COLVIN, born Calcutta 25 Dec 1823; died 31 Dec 1823; ALEXANDER COLVIN, born Calcutta 22 Jun 1826; died at Sea 27 May 1827; HELEN COLVIN, born Calcutta 10 Dec 1830; died 3 Apr 1879; JAMES COLQUHOUN COLVIN *(10), born Calcutta 4 Nov 1834; married (1) Camilla Fanny Maria Morris 3 Sept 1868; she died 9 Sept 1870 having had issue: JAMES MORRIS COLQUHOUN COLVIN *(11), born India 26 Aug 1870; married 23 Jan 1904 Katharine Way (died 1953); he died 7 Dec 1945 and left issue (See FOLEY Connection); KATHARINE CAMILA COLVIN, married Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse; JAMES BAZETT COLVIN, married Bridget Andrea Trower and had issue; JOHN ALEXANDER COLVIN, married Mary Phoebe Stubbs and had issue; He (JAMES COLQUHOUN COLVIN) married (2) Alice Jane Hedley (born 27 Aug 1853; died 29 Oct 1921); he died Warminster Wiltshire 4 Nov 1914 and left issue: ROBERT ALEXANDER COLVIN born 5 Nov 1889; killed in action 10 Mar 1915; MADELINE ELIZABETH COLVIN born 5 Apr 1892; married 9 Feb 1916 George Evelyn Laverton Atwood, Commander R.N.; he died 28 May 1955 and left issue: HELEN PAMELA ATWOOD, born 23 Jun 1918; died Jun 1944 whilst serving in the W.R.A.F; GEORGE ROBERT COLVIN ATWOOD, born 24 Sept 1921; died 25 Oct 1941 following a motorcycle accident whilst on Army manoeuvres; JOHN BINNY COLVIN, born Calcutta 8 Feb 1836; died 18 May 1837; MARY COLVIN, born Calcutta 7 Aug 1839; died 27 Aug 1896; (see *FOLIO 12) ELIZABETH HENRIETTA COLVIN, born 8 Jan 1841; died 27 Jan 1848; MADELINE COLVIN, born Calcutta 1 May 1843; died 18 Apr 1916; (see *FOLIO 13) HANNAH HARRIET COLVIN, born Calcutta 14 Jul 1844; died 9 Sept 1876; ALEXANDER COLVIN, born Calcutta 1 Nov 1845; died Castle Rock Colorado USA 24 Feb 1906; ANNA MARIA COLVIN born 26 Nov 1804; married 14 Feb 1822 Sir Robert Colquhoun Bt (born 1786; died 1838) Controller of the Royal Household; she died Basingstoke 20 Sept 1867; BAZETT DAVID COLVIN born Calcutta 23 Oct 1805; married 29 Feb 1840 St. George’s Hanover Sq Mary Steuart Bayley; he died 1 Nov 1871 and left issue: Lt Col WILLIAM COLVIN; (Sir) SIDNEY COLVIN, born 18 Jun 1845; married 1903 Frances (Fanny) Jane Sitwell (died Aug 1924); he died 11 May 1927; BINNY JAMES COLVIN born Calcutta 30 Aug 1809; Sept 1841 Helen Catherine Best (born 1819); he died 17 Feb 1895 and left issue (see *FOLIO 9): LAURA FOSTER COLVIN born 1845; HELEN LUSHINGTON COLVIN born 1847; LOUISA COLVIN born 1851; HENRIETTA HALL COLVIN born Calcutta 17 Aug 1812; married Rev. Ellis Walford; (see *FOLIO 10); died Dallinghoo Suffolk 6 Feb 1841; JAMES EDWARD COLVIN born Calcutta 6 Oct 1814; married Calcutta 18 May 1840 Mary Anne Browne (died 1877); he died Calcutta 6 Nov 1857; EDWARD THOMAS COLVIN born Calcutta 14 Oct 1815; died Calcutta 6 Nov 1857; MARGARET MATILDA COLVIN born Calcutta 16 Apr 1817; married 28 Mar 1848 Walker Pitcairn of Trinity House; died 17 Oct 1894 (see *FOLIO 11)
Clement Sneyd Colvin = (1) Alice Jane Lethbridge Born 30 Jan 1844; married (1) Apr 1877; married (2) Wandsworth 4 Oct 1888; died 26 Oct 1901 Secretary of Public Works at the India Office
COLQUHOUN
SNEYD
MONEY
Born Chudleigh Devon 1851; died 31 Mar 1885
= (2) Emily Shelford Daughter of Sir William Shelford (1834-1905) & Anna Sopwith (18411921); born 1864; died Wandsworth 13 Mar 1891
JAMES HENRY BAYLEY COLVIN born 22 Apr 1828; Bengal Civil Service; died 2 Feb 1879; BAZETT WETENHALL COLVIN born Bengal 6 Oct 1830; married Bengal 3 Nov 1857 Mary Eliza Graham (born 1841; died Colchester 24 May 1916); he died 6 Jul 1909 and left issue: JOHN RUSSELL COLQUHOUN COLVIN born 1858; married Bengal 6 Oct 1884 Jessie Rosaline Webster (born 1861); he died 14 Jul 1935 and left issue; EDITH COLVIN born India 7 Feb 1860; died 27 Oct 1940; ELLIOTT GRAHAM COLVIN born India 18 Jul 1861; married Calcutta 6 Dec 1888 Ethel Augusta Bayley (she died 1944); he died Hampshire 2 Aug 1941 and left issue; AMY MARGARET COLVIN born India 23 Oct 1864; MARION COLVIN born India 23 Oct 1864; [Twins] ETHEL BLUNT COLVIN born Brighton 17 Jul 1870; died Colchester 25 Aug 1938; RUSSELL PAKENHAM COLVIN born Calcutta 30 Oct 1834; married 8 Feb 1876 Emily Mary Hewitt (nee Mitford) [she was the daughter of J.J. Mitford and the widow of Bernard Augustus Hewitt; she died 1916]; he died Reading 26 Oct 1892 and left issue: MARGARET ELIZABETH RUSSELL COLVIN born Manadubad 6 Dec 1876; married 16 Jun 1873 Alfred Beauville; had issue; KENNETH COLQUHOUN COLVIN born 20 Jul 1878; married Fulham Jun 1913 Mabel Florence Saunders; he died France 6 Sept 1915 and left issue; RUSSELL ALEXANDER COLVIN born 16 Oct 1881; married Kamloops, B.C., Canada May 1913 Marion Harvey; he was killed in Action France 1 May 1917; MARION FRANCES COLVIN born 11 Dec 1882; married 8 Jun 1909 Henry Attree Turner (born 1887); ELLIOT COLVIN born India 6 Jun 1836; married Bengal 18 Sept 1862 Edith Cunningham (born 1846; died 1914); he died Sabarapur India 3 Nov 1883; (Sir) AUCKLAND COLVIN born India 8 Mar 1838; married Simla India 4 Aug 1859 Charlotte Elizabeth Herbert (she died 1865); he died Surbiton 24 Mar 1908 and left issue: EMMA SOPHIA COLVIN born 20 Sept 1860; married 5 Dec 1883 William Woolaston Groome (1854-1927); CHARLES HERBERT COLVIN born 4 Oct 1861; died 8 Dec 1881; CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH COLVIN born India 15 Oct 1863; married 12 Jul 1883 Hanover Sq Bindon Blood (1842-1940); died 19 May 1948 EMILY DURAND COLVIN born India 27 Sept 1865; married 1 Aug 1888 Horace Francis Kays (born 1862); EMMA COLVIN born India 22 Jan 1840; married [as his 2nd wife] 1870 George Falconer Pearson (he died 1923); she died 18 Sept 1877 and left issue: PHILIP COLQUHOUN PEARSON, born 24 Aug 1872; married 22 Jan 1908 Cecile Curtis; RALPH SNEYD PEARSON, born 8 Sept 1874; married 1901 Constance Ommanney; GEORGE COLVIN PEARSON, born 18 Sept 1877; died 26 Oct 1906; MARIAN WORSLEY COLVIN born 22 Sept 1841; married Brighton 27 May 1862 Rev. Simon James Gordon Fraser (born 1825; died 1904); she died 22 Oct 1869 and left issue: WALTER SIMON FRASER, born Castle Church, Staffs 8 Jun 1864; *GORDON COLQUHOUN FRASER, born Castle Church, Staffs 19 Sept 1866; CONSTANCE COLVIN born 24 Nov 1845; died 21 Aug 1902; (Sir) WALTER MYTTON COLVIN born 13 Sept 1847; married 20 Dec 1873 Annie Money; he was created a Knt 1904 and died India 16 Dec 1908 leaving issue: *ANNE MADELINE COLVIN born 23 Dec 1874; married 1898 Gordon Colquhoun Fraser; she died Las Palmas 29 Sept 1915; DOROTHY MAY COLVIN born 24 Jul 1878; married Allabahad 16 Mar 1911 Kenneth Neville Knox; JOAN COLVIN born 15 Apr 1880; married British Embassy Paris 23 Jun 1919 Brig G.B. Price D.S.O; PHOEBE COLVIN born Sept 1883
Sir George Lethbridge Colvin = Katherine Isabella Mylne Born London 27 Mar 1878; married Edinburgh 1911; died 2 Mar 1962 Brig-Gen; AssistDirector of railway transport with BEF in France in 1915; DepDirector-Gen of transportation in Italy 1918-19; awarded D.S.O. 1917; C.M.G. 1918; C.B. 1919; retired from Army in 1919 and became Director of Development at Min of Transport; 1921 appointed Gen Man E.I.R until 1933; Knighted 1933
Daughter of WR Mylne of Edinburgh
Diana Colvin = Sir Joslan William Vivian Ingilby 5th Bt Born 20 Jan 1920; died 19 Jan 2013
Of Ripley Castle; born 1907; died 1974
(Sir) CLEMENT PRESTON COLVIN, born 12 Jul 1879; Knighted Jun 1935; RAGNAR MUSGRAVE COLVIN, born Westminster 7 May 1882; married Dublin 18 Mar 1918 Frances Sybil, daughter of Brig-Gen Kays; [an Officer with the Royal Navy he commanded the Royal Australian Navy at the outbreak of WWII; he retired from service on health grounds and served as Naval Adviser to the Australian High Commission in London 1942-4]; died Haslar R.N. Hospital Gosport 22 Feb 1953 and left issue: JOHN HORACE RAGNAR COLVIN, born Tokyo Japan 18 Jun 1922; married (1) 1948 Elizabeth Ann Manifold; and (2) 11 Nov 1967 Moranna Sibyl de Lerison Cazenove; [HM Ambassador to Mongolia 1971-4; served with Secret Intelligence Service /MI6]; he died Oct 2003 and left issue by both (1) and (2): MARK COLVIN, an Australian Journalist; PRUDENCE “Prue” COLVIN, married 1949 Colin James Balfour [Commander RN born 1924; died 13 Aug 2009]; had issue: JAMES JOHN MELVILLE BALFOUR, born 1951; married 4 Apr 1982 Carolyn Laing and has issue: EDWARD, born 1982; LAURA born 1984; MARGARET “Daisy” born 1985; BELINDA BALFOUR born 1953; married 10 May 1980 Tim Hextall and has issue: SAM & TOBY HEXTALL (Twins) born 1981; JACK HEXTALL born 1986; ANNA HEXTALL born 1988; ELEANOR CONSTANCE COLVIN, born 28 Feb 1884
Anna Colquhoun Colvin = James Daziel Baker Born 3 Mar 1891; emigrated to USA arrived New York 28 Oct 1918; married Vancouver B.C. Canada 5 Jul 1919
MONGOLIA
Clement Colvin (2) = Margaret Shaw Born 25 Aug 1915; married Gosport 1944; died 9 Dec 1999; they lived at 11 Quick Street Islington from 1974-2003
1st husband died 1940 of Gangrene after Dunkirk; she died 31 Aug 2003
SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE INGILBY
Son of Robert J Baker; born 1886 England
CLARA COLVIN born 5 Feb 1946; married Peter Bernard Milligan at Westminster Cathedral on 10 Sept 1975; divorced and has issue: TOM OLIVER MILLIGAN born 8 Mar 1978; ANNA COLVIN married Islington 10 Sept 1977 Martin M Stone; divorced and has issue: MARTHA REBECCA STONE born 25 May 1977; married 8 Feb 2003 Toby Peace Butlin and has issue: EVIE ISABELLE BUTLIN, born 2 Feb 2006; BENJAMIN ISAAC BUTLIN, born 9 Feb 2009; MADELEINE RUTH STONE born 19 Sept 1979; partner of Mike Kimber [born 2 Oct 1979] and has issue: AMBER DOROTHY KIMBER, born 14 Sept 2009; ISAAC FRANCIS STONE born 28 Sept 1983; MADELEINE KATHARINE COLVIN born 8 Mar 1949; [Human Rights Lawyer] partner of Jon Snow [Journalist and Channel 4 Newsreader] until 2006 and had issue: LEILA GEORGIA COLVIN, born 30 Sept 1982; FREYA GRACE COLVIN, born 6 Mar 1986
INGILBY
Caroline Diana Colvin = David Wakefield Born 1949
Of Ogston, Derby
Katherine Benita Colvin = Richard Denis Kingsmill Wallace Born 1951
Son of Piers Wallace of Ayr; married 1974; div 2002
Sally Diana Wallace = John Rigg Born 1982; married 16 Jul 2011 @ Elmley Castle Worcestershire
Royal Air Force
Son of Michael David Rigg [born 9 Jun 1943 @ Wallasey Cheshire]; serving as Flight Lieutenant in Royal Air Force
ARCHIE RICHARD WALLACE born 7 Sept 2012 Anglesey; MAX BENJAMIN RIGG born Sept 2014 Andlesey
Sir Thomas Colvin William Ingilby 6th Bt = Emma Roebuck Thompson Of Ripley Castle; born 1955
James William Francis Ingilby Born 1985
Daughter of Major Richard Thompson of Strensall, York
JOSLAN RICHARD RYLAND INGILBY born 1986; ELEANOR JANE PAMELA INGILBY born 1989; JACK HENRY THOMAS INGILBY born 1990; RICHARD JOSEPH FREDERICK INGILBY born 1994