Andrew Colvile (also spelt Colville) (original last name Wedderburn) (1779-?) was a London governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
His grandfather was hanged for involvement in the '45 and the family estate at Inveresk was confiscated. Many of the family moved to Jamaica. His father James Wedderburn set up as a doctor without academic qualification. After 28 years James had become a wealthy slave-owner and sugar planter. In 1773 James moved back to Inveresk (the estate had been restored) and married. Andrew was born in 1779. His sister Jean married Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1807. Robert Wedderburn (radical) was probably Andrew's half-brother.
Andrew remained in Europe, inherited his father's estates and set up as a sugar broker (Wedderburn and Company). When his brother-in-law began buying into the Hudson's Bay Company Andrew followed suit. By 1810 he was on the HBC board and worked to rationalize the company's administration. In 1820 he was largely responsible for sending out Sir George Simpson (administrator) to take charge of HBC affairs in Canada. During Simpson's long administration (1820-1860) the two worked closely together, one in London business circles and the other in the wilds of Canada.
His son, Eden Colvile was appointed Governor of Rupert's Land.
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Andrew Colville (writer)
Andrew Colville is an American screenwriter.
He has worked on the AMC drama Mad Men, for which he won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award. Following that he was a writer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox TV series Lone Star. After the cancellation of Lone Star, he became a writer and co-producer on the first season of The CW action series Nikita (2010–11), and served as a writer/producer in its second season (2011–12). He then became a writer/producer on the first season of the USA Network series Graceland in 2013. He is currently a writer and co-executive producer on the AMC drama series Turn, a fictionalized account of the Culper Spy Ring masterminded by General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.
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Colville joined the crew of AMC drama Mad Men for the third season in 2009. He co-wrote the episode "The Arrangements" with series creator and show runner Matthew Weiner. Colville and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season.
