Viscount Colville of Culross

[Leigh Rayment]

John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th  Viscount Colville of Culross, died 8 April 2010 according to a notice in 'The Times.'

 

 

[marquess]

Thanks Leigh! Does anyone know if the family still have any acreage in
Scotland, I noticed from previous editions of Debretts that the late
viscount was listed as living in some hall somewhere, but the latest
editions list his address as the House of Lords.

[Turenne]

John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross was
born on 19 July 1933. He was the son of Charles Alexander Colville,
3rd Viscount Colville of Culross and Kathleen Myrtle Gale, Kathleen
was a collateral of the Marquesses of Bute and the Earls of Grandison
through her mother Kathleen Villiers-Stuart. He married 1st Mary
Elizabeth Webb-Bowen, daughter of Colonel Mostyn Hird Wheeler Webb-
Bowen in 1958. He and Mary Elizabeth Webb-Bowen were divorced in
1973. He married 2nd Margaret Birgitta Norton, daughter of Maj.-Gen.
Cyril Henry Norton, in 1974.

Richard L

[pyvery]

Another by-election in the House of lords.
Is the new viscount married ??

[Richard R]

The new viscount isn't married as yet. His next brother is married
with two sons.

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[Michael Rhodes]

_Mark Colville was an eminent lawyer whose success rested on his
mastery of the intricacies of planning law. His skill enabled
governments of different complexions to secure approval of planning
applications for controversial projects such as the Selby coalfield in
North Yorkshire and the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7111974.ece

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[Michael Rhodes]

Viscount Colville of Culross, a Crossbench Member of the House of
Lords, died on 8 April. Viscount Colville of Culross first entered the
House of Lords in 1954 and was elected to remain as an hereditary peer
in 1999. Between 1972-74 he served as Minister of State for the Home
Office. As a Member by virtue of an hereditary peerage, his seat in
the House of Lords will be filled following a by-election, in which
Crossbench hereditary peers will be entitled to vote.

http://news.parliament.uk/2010/04/death-of-viscount-colville-of-culross/

[Richard R]

The Telegraph have published an obit
It mentions his involvement in Lords reform and the Peerage Act of
1963: '...After Tony Benn's failed attempt to stay in the Commons
rather than become Lord Stansgate, Colville was appointed to a select
committee of MPs and peers on Lords reform. They agreed that heirs
succeeding to a title should be able to disclaim, but Colville was in
a narrow minority opposed to peers who had taken their seats being
allowed to in future. Had one more sided with him, Lords Home and
Hailsham would have been unable to disclaim when Macmillan resigned,
and RA Butler would have become prime minister....'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/7678267/Viscount-Colville-of-Culross.html

On Apr 30, 8:06 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> ViscountColvilleof Culross, a Crossbench Member of the House of
> Lords, died on 8 April. ViscountColvilleof Culross first entered the