Political Career
In 1906 Colebrooke was raised to the peerage as Baron Colebrooke, of Stebunheath in the County of Middlesex. He served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1906 to 1911 and under Asquith and later David Lloyd George as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1911 to 1922. In 1914 he was admitted to the Privy Council. Lord Colebrooke was also a Permanent Lord-in-Waiting from 1924 to 1939 and served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1906 to 1907. He was made a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1906, a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1922 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1927. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
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