Baron Colchester


Baron Colchester, of Colchester in the County of Essex, was a title in the Peerage of [the United Kingdom]. It was created on 1 June 1817 for Charles Abbot, Speaker [of the House of Commons |Speaker of the House of Commons] between 1802 and 1817. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a naval commander and Conservative politician. His son, the third Baron, was a barrister, President of the Oxford Union and a Charity Commissioner. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1919.

Barons Colchester (1817)