Charles (Colville) Third Viscount Colville of Culross
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Charles Alexander (Colville) Third Viscount Colville of Culross (1888 - 1945)

Commander Charles Alexander Third Viscount Colville of Culross formerly Colville
Born in London, England, United Kingdommap
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Husband of — married 21 May 1931 (to 1945) in Lancashire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 56 in Açores, Portugalmap
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Biography

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Commander, Royal Navy Charles (Colville) Third Viscount Colville of Culross was Killed over Azores during World War II.

Charles was the son of Charles Colville and Ruby Streatfeild.[1]

He succeeded as the 12th Lord Colville of Culross, 3rd Baron Colville, of Culross, co. Perth, and 3rd Viscount Colville of Culross upon the death of his father, 25 March 1928.

Charles married Kathleen Myrtle Gale, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Henry Richmond Gale and Kathleen Jane Villiers-Stuart in 1931.[2]

He joined the Royal Navy in 1904 as Lieutenant Commander and later became a Commander. [3]

He participated in the Battle of Jutland. He received the King's Commendation for brave conduction during World War I.

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire.

In 1945 Charles was killed on active duty in a flying accident over the Azores.

Children

  1. John Mark Alexander Colville 4th Viscount Colville of Culross 1933 - 2010
  2. Hon. Charles Anthony Colville b 1935
  3. Hon. Angus Richmond Colville 1939-1997

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry Record 8912 #38830327 Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office
    Name: Charles Alexander Colville
    Registration Year: 1888
    Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
    Registration district: Chelsea
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1a; Page: 35
  2. ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDDS-QV5 : 11 March 2018), Charles Alexander Colville Of Culross and Kathleen Myrtle Gale, 21 May 1931; citing Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13761, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,557.
  3. ↑ UK National Archives.

See also:

  • Peerage
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #120003758 : accessed 25 January 2021), memorial page for Commander Charles Alexander Colville (26 May 1888–14 Mar 1945),p, citing Lajes War Cemetery, Lajes, Vila da Praia da Vitória Municipality, Azores Region, Portugal ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138) . .
  • Charle's Colville Commenwealth War Graves




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Colville, Viscount Colville of Culross (UK 1902). The Scots peerage founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1904.
Colville, Viscount Colville of Culross (UK 1902). The Scots peerage founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1904.


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