William Colebrooke went to India in 1809 and served with the field army there through 1810, becoming a captain on 27 September 1810.
11 Facts About William Colebrooke
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William Colebrooke was sent as political agent and commissioner to Palembong in Sumatra, and on to Bengal in 1814.
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William Colebrooke resumed his old duties in Java in 1815, and was ordered to India on the conclusion of peace and the restoration of Java to the Dutch on 19 August 1816.
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William Colebrooke administered the colony during the days when slavery gave way to the apprenticeship system prior to its final abolition.
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On 13 February 1837, William Colebrooke was gazetted as Governor of the Leeward Islands, being at the time on leave in England.
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William Colebrooke assumed the government of Antigua and the other islands on 11 May 1837, and one of his earliest official acts was the proclamation of Queen Victoria.
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On 25 July 1840, William Colebrooke left Antigua for Liverpool and, after an extended leave, was, on 26 March 1841, made lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.
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William Colebrooke worked for the suppression of crime and the improvement of the prisons.
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William Colebrooke suggested a federation of all the Windward Islands, anticipating later proposals.
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William Colebrooke was promoted Lieutenant-general on 16 January 1859 and general 26 December 1865, and he was colonel commanding the Royal Artillery from 25 September 1859 until his death.
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William Colebrooke resided at Salt Hill, near Slough, Buckinghamshire, where he died on 6 February 1870.