NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colebrooke, William Macbean George, Sir, 1787-1870 NRA: Colebrooke, Sir William Macbean George (1787-1870) Knight General Colonial Governor DNB: Colebrooke, Sir William Macbean George (1787–1870), army officer and colonial governor LBT ID: WiColeb1870 VIAF ID: 72944948 LOC ID: n88132989 | B/BAP: 1787 DIED: 1870-02-06 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he served in India and the East Indies
and was governor of the Leeward Islands (1837-40). | |