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on either side a wolf proper an unicorn rampant argent armed and maned or gules erased or as many oak trees eradicated proper fructed or on a chevron between three wolves ' heads a coronet of an earl avance charles colyear , 2nd earl of portmore

charles colyear , 2nd earl of portmore

charles colyear , 2nd earl of portmore kt -lrb- 27 august 1700 -- 5 july 1785 -rrb- was a scottish nobleman , known as beau colyear for his conspicuous dress .
he was the son of david colyear , 1st earl of portmore and his wife catherine sedley , former mistress of james ii .
amongst his ancestors were william parker , 4th baron monteagle , foiler of the gunpowder plot , and geoffrey chaucer .
he was also a descendant of elizabeth of york , daughter of richard plantagenet , 3rd duke of york and sister of edward iv of england .
he was mp for member for wycombe in 1726 and andover 1727 -- 1730 , when he succeeded to the earldom .
he owned many famous racehorses .
he was a founding governor of the foundling hospital , a charity created in 1739 , dedicated to the salvation of abandoned children .
with elizabeth collier he had an illegitimate daughter , also called elizabeth , born c. 1747 , who married first edward pole , the soldier and secondly erasmus darwin , the physician .
he was knighted in june 1732 and married the same year juliana hale , daughter of roger hale of halwell , devon , and widow of peregrine osborne , 3rd duke of leeds .
they had the following children : caroline colyear -lrb- b. c. 1733 -rrb- married nathaniel curzon , 1st baron scarsdale juliana colyear -lrb- b. 1735 -rrb- married henry dawkins in 1759 william charles colyear , 3rd earl of portmore -lrb- 1745 -- 1823 -rrb- portmore was famous in high society for the splendour of his dress and equipages .
