Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet (19 August 1813 – 11 January 1890) was a British

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  politician.

He was the son of Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Henry Thomas Colebrooke was an English orientalist.-Biography:Henry Thomas Colebrooke, third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet, was born in London. He was educated at home; and when only fifteen he had made considerable attainments in classics and mathematics...

 and Elizabeth (née Wilkinson) Colebrooke. He inherited the baronetcy in 1818 on the death of his uncle, James Edward Colebrooke.

He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Taunton

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 1842–1852, Lanarkshire

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 1857–1868 and North Lanarkshire

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 1868–1885. He was Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

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1869-1890

He married Elizabeth Margaret Richardson, daughter of J. Richardson, on 15 January 1857.