Peter Colleton

{{Short description|English politician and slave trader}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} thumb|Arms of Colleton: ''Or, three stag's heads couped proper''<ref>Wotton, Thomas, Baronetage of England, 1771, Volume 2, Arms of Colleton Baronets; given elsewhere as ''roebuck's heads'', frequently interchangeable</ref> '''Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet''', FRS (17 September 1635 – 24 March 1694) was an English politician and slave trader.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsC3.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003154645/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsc3.htm |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He was the eldest son of Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, of Exeter, Devon, whom he succeeded in 1667.

He became a merchant and was a Member of the council of the Barbados in 1664–1684. He was a member of the Royal Adventurers into Africa in 1667–1672 and a member of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1670 to his death.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.

He was MP for Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) in 1681–1685 and 1689–1694.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/colleton-sir-peter-1635-94|title=COLLETON, Sir Peter, 2nd Bt. (1635-94), of Exmouth, Devon and Golden Square, Westminster.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 23 October 2016}}</ref>

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