at the beginning of the 20th century and an investor. He was the son of Frederick Chatfield Smith, head of the Smith's Bank in Nottingham; Rupert Palmer Colomb (1868–1955): He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" and High Sheriff of Kerry in 1917. He was invested as a "Companion" of the "Order of the Bath" (C.B.). He married Mabel Louisa Mordaunt (1869–1958), daughter of John Murray Mordaunt (1837–1923), Justice of the peace (J.P.); Gwendaline Rose Emily (1876–1966): Married in 1900 the judge Sir Thomas Mordaunt Snagge (1868–1955), knighted 1931. Their son was the British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio John Snagge (1904–1996). Works Notes References Columb, J.C.R., The Defense of Great and Greater Britain: Sketches of Its Naval, Military and Political Aspects, E. Stanford, 1880, 264 pages. d'Egville, Howard, Imperial Defence and Closer Union: A Short Record of the Life Work of Sir John Colomb and of the Movement Toward Imperial Organization, London, 1913. Schurman, D. M., The Education of a Navy: The Development of British Naval Strategic Thought 1867–1914, London, 1965, pp. 16–35. Kennedy, Greg, Neilson, Keith and Schurman, D.M., eds., Far-Flung Lines: Essays on Imperial Defence in Honour of Donald Mackenzie Schurman, London: Frank Cass, 1997, pp. 31–34. Gat, Azar, A History of Military Thought Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 474–477. Hobson, Rolf, Imperialism at Sea, Brill. 2002. pp. 87–90. External links About the Hon. Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, K.C.M.G., P.C. at http://www.anatpro.com The Obituary Book – COLOMB, Sir John Charles Ready (1838–1909) 1838 births 1909 deaths Manx people Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Royal Marines officers Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Conservative MPs UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth High Sheriffs of Kerry