James Colebrooke (banker)

James Colebrooke (12 May 1680 – 18 November 1752) was a mercer, banker, and citizen of London.

James Colebrooke was born at Arundel on 12 May 1680. He married Mary Hudson. They had children:^[1]

• Robert Colebrooke (died 1785)
• James Colebrooke (1722-1761)
• George Colebrooke (1729-1809)

Robert Colebrooke was member of Parliament for Maldon for 1741 to 1761 and then minister to the Swiss Cantons in 1762-64.^[1]

Both younger brothers were at first opposition Whigs, but switched support to the Duke of Newcastle's government and were rewarded in 1759 with the creation of a baronetcy for James (who had daughters but no son).^{[citation needed]} A special remainder of the baronetcy allowed it to pass to George when James died in 1761.^[1]

Colebrooke was a merchant and banker, described by C.M. Tenison in Cokayne as "a great money scrivenor in Threadneedle Street".^[1]

He bought Chilham Castle in Kent from the Digges family. The castle was sold to Thomas Heron by Robert Colebrooke.^{[citation needed]}

In 1719^[2] or 1720^[3] he bought from Thomas Wolstenholme^[4] the Arnolds Estate (Edmonton Hundred, Middlesex) in what is now north London. He demolished the existing manor house on the estate and set about building a larger house that became known as Arno's Grove. It was not complete at the time of his death and was finished by his son George.^[4]

He died on 18 November 1752.^[1]

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p22699.htm#i226983
• http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~londonaye/colebrooke_family.htm
• http://www.chilham-castle.co.uk/the-colebrooke-family-father-and-son/

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