Colin Bridgerton is the third Bridgerton son, and is the husband of Penelope Featherington, with whom he shares four children. He is especially close with his elder brothers, Anthony and Benedict.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Colin was born at Aubrey Hall in Kent, England as the third son of eight children. He grew up closest with his elder brothers, Anthony and Benedict. During his teenage years, after his father's death and Hyacinth's birth, he moved back to London with his mother and seven siblings. He went on to attend Eton College just like his brothers.
Later life[]
At the age of 33, he married his Penelope Featherington, his and his younger sister, Eloise's, oldest friend. They went on to have four children together, Agatha, Thomas, Jane, and George.
Personality traits[]
Though is he devoted to his family, Colin spends a number of years traveling the world in an effort to find himself. During his travels, he picks up the habit of journaling. When pushed to confrontation, he can become slightly controlling. His strong sense of duty always keeps him from bubbling over.
Relationships[]
Romantic[]
Penelope Featherington[]
Long time friends, Colin and Penelope became romantically involved and married in Romancing Mister Bridgerton.
Family[]
Anthony Bridgerton[]
Benedict Bridgerton[]
Daphne Bridgerton[]
Eloise Bridgerton[]
Francesca Bridgerton[]
Gregory Bridgerton[]
Hyacinth Bridgerton[]
Friendships[]
Michael Stirling[]
The two are good friends. Colin gave Michael the pep talk he needed to get the courage to propose to Colin's sister, Francesca.
Quotes[]
- Book: "I'm always hungry."
- Book: "I am a romantic sort. I am."
- Show: "What if I did have feelings for you? (...) I have spent so long trying to feel less, trying to be the kind of man society expects me to be. And for a moment, I thought I had succeeded. But these past few weeks have been full of confounding feelings. Feelings like total inability to stop thinking about you. About that kiss. Feelings like dreaming of you when I'm asleep. And in fact preferring sleep because that is where I might find you. A feeling that is like torture. But one which I cannot, will not, do not want to give up"
- Book/Show: "For God's sake Penelope Featherington. Are you going to marry me or not?"
- Book: "I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles."
- Show, Journal entry in Paris: "In those moments alone, as my fingers trace freckles from cheek to collarbone, or as I watch the way starlight dances across skin, I marvel at how one can feel such intimacy, but also such great distance."
- Show: "And you are Penelope Featherington, do not forget that."
- Show: "I am not the man I was last season, and I am most certainly not ashamed of you, Pen. I seek you out at every social assembly because I know you will lift my spirits and make me see the world in ways I could not have imagined."
- Show (dream): "I have not been able to sleep, not been able to eat. I can barely speak these days. My entire thoughts consumed by...By our kiss. By you."
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