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Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), [1] was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. [2]
Catherine Sedley Colyear, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore died in Bath, England on October 26, 1717, aged 59, and her life peerage became extinct. She was initially buried in Bath, but in 1729, her remains were reinterred in the new Portmore vault at St. James’ Church in Weybridge, Surrey, England, where she had lived with her ...
David Colyear had two sons (pictured) with Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. He married Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, daughter of the former Lady Catherine Savage (a daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers) and poet Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, of Southfleet, Kent.
Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), [1] was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. [2]
On 22 Apr 1685 [her illegitimate son] James Darnley (age 1) died. In 1686 Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore (age 28) was created 1st Earl Dorchester for life by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52) for services as his mistress.
When Sir Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore was born on 27 August 1700, in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland, his father, David Collier 1st Earl, was 43 and his mother, Catherine Sedley, was 42. He married Duchess Juliana Hele in 1732, in Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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By him she had two sons (see no.87): David, Viscount Milsington (1698-1729) and Charles (1700-85), who succeeded as 2nd Earl of Portmore, and was the father of Lady Caroline Colyear, wife of the 1st Lord Scarsdale.
