John Colman Rashleigh

Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet (23 November 1772 – 4 August 1847) was the first of the Rashleigh baronets created on 30 September 1831.^[1] He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1813,^[2] and a leading figure among the gentry in the parliamentary reform movement.^[3]

Family

Eldest son of John Rashleigh (1742–1803) and Catherine Batty (died 1800), he had three brothers and three sisters. He married firstly Harriet Williams (died 7 July 1831) on 24 May 1808 having one child, Colman (4 May 1819 – 27 October 1896). Secondly he married Martha Gould (died 9 June 1879) on 17 October 1833. She was the daughter of John Gould MD.^[4][5]

References

1. Leigh, Rayment. "Baronetage". Retrieved 6 February 2016.
2. The London Gazette: no. 16702. p. 301. 9 February 1813.
3. Fisher, D. R. (2009). "Cornwall History of Parliament Online". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
4. "Dowager Lady Rashleigh". The Cornishman (49). 19 June 1879. p. 7.
5. Lundy, Daryl. "The Peerage. Person page 12928". Retrieved 6 February 2016.