Baron Colchester, of Colchester in the County of Essex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1817 for Charles Abbot

Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester

Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester PC, FRS was a British barrister and statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1802 and 1817.-Background and education:...

, Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the British House of Commons

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 between 1802 and 1817. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a naval commander and Conservative

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 politician. His son, the third Baron, was a barrister, President of the Oxford Union

Oxford Union

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 and a Charity Commissioner. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1919.

Barons Colchester (1817)

• Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
  Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
  Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester PC, FRS was a British barrister and statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1802 and 1817.-Background and education:...
  
   (1757–1829)
• Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester
  Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester
  Admiral Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester PC , known as Charles Abbot before 1829, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
  
   (1798–1867)
• Reginald Charles Edward Abbot, 3rd Baron Colchester (1842–1919)