John Colqhhoun Stained Glass Window Parish Church Luss Loch Lomond Scotland

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Tour Scotland video of the John Colquhoun memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church in Luss, on visit to Loch Lomond. John Colquhoun, born 6th March 1805, died 27th 1885, was a sportsman and sportswriter in Scotland. He was born in Edinburgh to James Colquhoun, 3rd Baronet of Luss, Dumbartonshire and Janet Sinclair. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and in 1828 joined the 33rd Regiment in Connaught, Ireland. In 1829 he was promoted to the Fourth Dragoon Guards. On 29 January 1834 he married Frances Sarah Fuller Maitland daughter of Ebenezer Fuller Maitland and Bethia Ellis. John and Frances had four sons and five daughters, one of whom, Lucy Bethia Walford, became a well-known Victorian novelist. John was the author of the following books; The Moor and the Loch 1840, Lochs and Rivers 1849, Salmon Casts and Stray Shots 1858, Sporting Days 1860.

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