Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Baronet, FRS (17 September 1635 – 24 March 1694) was an English baronet of the Colleton Baronets and an MP.

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

Peter Colleton

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.

Peter Colleton

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

Peter Colleton

He was MP for Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) in 1681–1685 and 1689–1694.

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1635 births

1694 deaths

Businesspeople from Exeter

Baronets in the Baronetage of England

Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall

English MPs 1681

English MPs 1689–1690

English MPs 1690–1695

Place of birth missing

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Lords Proprietors of Carolina

British slave owners

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