Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom, High Sheriff of Cornwall
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
1819, May 4, 1819
Died
1896, October 27, 1896
Overview
Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet (4 May 1819 – 27 October 1896) was an English Liberal Party politician.
Early life
Rashleigh was born on 4 May 1819 at Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. He was the eldest son of the former Harriet Williams (d. 1831) and Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1st Baronet (1772–1847), who was created a Baronet of Prideaux on 30 September 1831 when Colman was 12 years old.
His paternal grandparents were Katherine (née Battie) Rashleigh (daughter and co-heir of William Battie, Esq. M.D.) and John Rashleigh, Esq. of Penquite, the first Commissioner and Receiver for Greenwich Hospital. The Rashleigh family had been settled in Cornwall since at least the early part of the 16th century. His maternal grandfather was Robert Williams, Esq. of Bridehead in County Durham MP.
Rashleigh was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1843.
