Peter Colleton ( 1635 - 1694 )

Baptism: St Mary Olave's, Exeter, Devon, England (17 September 1635) Death: Golden Square, City of Westminster, London, England (24 March 1694) Burial: St James's, Piccadilly, City of Westminster, London, England Profession: Politician; colonial administrator; plantation and slave owner Career: Manager of the family plantation in Barbados; Member of Council, Barbados (1664-1684); Member, Royal Adventurers into Africa (1667-1672), Deputy Governor and President of Council, Barbados (1672-1677); Assistant to the Governor of North Carolina, William Drummond and Secretary of Albermarle County (1664-1670); reached Albemarle County on February 23 1665 and was living in North Carolina when his father died in England in 1666; Governor, Albemarle County (1670-1672), after 1672 returned to England to report on the problems in the colony and did not return to North Carolina; inherited share of North Caarolina and title Lord Proprietor of the Carolinas (1666-death); Lord Proprietor of the Bahamas (1670-death); Governor of Barbados (1673-1674);Assistant (1672-death); Member, Hudson's Bay Company (1670-death); returned to England (1677); Commissioner for Assessment for Westminster (1677-1680, 1689-1690), and for Devon (1690); MP for Bossiney (1681, 1689-death); Commissioner for Public Accounts; Deputy-Lieutenant of Westminster (1689-death) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 13/12/1677 Proposers: Sir Peter Wyche.