The Colonial Despatches: Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn

Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn

b. 1779-11-06

d. 1856

Andrew Wedderburn Colvile was the deputy governor of the HBC and, during the mid-nineteenth century, was one of the most powerful members of the HBC’s London committee.1 Andrew Wedderburn Colvile likely influenced the decision to appoint Eden Colvile, Andrew's son, as governor of Rupert's Land in February 1849.2

1. J. E. Rea, Eden, Colvile Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
2. Ibid.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

The Colonial Despatches: Cridge, Reverend Edward
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 1 December 1852, CO 305:3, no. 11004, 475.
The Colonial Despatches: Simpson, Sir George
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 28 December 1854, CO 305:5, no. 11321, 259.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 17 April 1853, CO 305:4, no. 4325, 263.
Douglas, Sir James to Molesworth, Sir William 8 November 1855, CO 305:6, no. 380, 152.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 24 November 1852, CO 305:3, no. 10831, 466.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 7 September 1846, CO 305:1, no. 1074, 1.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 29 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1962, 273.
Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 8 March 1853, CO 305:4, no. 3079, 115.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 February 1853, CO 305:4, no. 1518, 247.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 1 December 1852, CO 305:3, no. 11005, 481.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Labouchere, Henry 6 December 1855, CO 305:6, no. 11300, 273.
Russell, Lord John to Douglas, Sir James 20 June 1855, LAC :, 242.
Phinn, Thomas to Merivale, Herman 31 October 1855, CO 305:6, no. 10202, 226.
The Colonial Despatches: Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9790, 143.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Russell, Lord John 9 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5599, 255.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 1 December 1852, CO 305:3, no. 11003, 474.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11302, 283.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Merivale, Herman 17 June 1853, CO 305:4, no. 6315, 271.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 5 January 1854, CO 305:5, no. 3205, 1.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 8 November 1853, CO 305:4, no. 10908, 278.
Murdoch and Wood to Merivale, Herman 4 July 1853, CO 305:4, no. 6879, 214.
Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Molesworth, Sir William 24 July 1855, CO 305:6, no. 7023, 272.
Cooper, Langford and Skinner to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 April 1854, CO 305:5, no. 5924, 272.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 January 1860, CO 305:15, no. 533, 348.
Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 2 March 1853, CO 305:4, no. 1911, 112.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 7 May 1861, CO 305:17, no. 6109, 175.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 February 1853, CO 305:4, no. 1519, 248.
Mundy, Colonel Godfrey Charles to Merivale, Herman 10 July 1855, CO 305:6, no. 6439, 307.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Merivale, Herman 16 April 1855, CO 305:6, no. 3578, 247.
Banister, Thomas to Labouchere, Henry 2 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 3900, 421.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 18 July 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6186, 244.
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 5 August 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6812, 154.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Merivale, Herman 21 August 1854, CO 305:5, no. 7391, 180.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 31 May 1853, CO 305:4, no. 5892, 134.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 February 1863, CO 305:20, no. 3701, 83.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 30 January 1854, CO 305:5, no. 3207, 20.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 March 1853, CO 305:4, no. 3701, 257.
Barclay, Doctor Archibaldus to Merivale, Herman 9 September 1854, CO 305:5, no. 7910, 256.
Mundy, Colonel Godfrey Charles to Merivale, Herman 12 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 5422, 292.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 18 December 1850, CO 305:2, no. 10275, 341.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George March 1851, CO 305:3, no. 2226, 366.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 March 1854, CO 305:5, no. 4928, 38.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Labouchere, Henry 6 December 1855, CO 305:6, no. 11301, 275.

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Colvile, Eden

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Rupert's Land

The Colonial Despatches Team. Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/colvile_a.html.

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