The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
HY, Ia MAuau1sE DE FoNTESoY.

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~ VERY reader of the novels of Sir
u Walter Scott will recall that Sir
Humphrey Colquhoun. twelfth
Laird OF Luss and chief OF the
historic and powerful Clan OF Coldu-
houn. as the principal foe of Rob RoE.
in tn. Wayerly novel of that name. In
fact Sir Walters novel Rob Roy IS
almost entirely devoted 10 the teuds
Ind wars waged between Rob Roy, the
chief OF the Macgregnrs, and sir iun-
phrey, chief OF the Clan OF Colquhoun.
| The accession. therefore OF captain
| Ian Colquhoun. of the scots GUARDS 70
| the Craftsmanship of the great Clan OF
Coluuhoun. as twenty-eighih Lara OF
Luss, and as chieftain OF all the Col
| Quhouns, through the death OF ms
| father, Sir Alan Colquhoun. cannot ran
to excite a certain amount OF attention
I in this country, where the clan mas
number Of representatives.
Some of them, however. no longer
| bear the name of CulGuhoun but that
| OF Calhoun. and some also that OF
lGahn 1t seems that Sir Alexander
! Colquhoun had three sons, Jonn' lhs
| first baronet, and William and George.
! William and George are YaBueiy de-
| scrIbed in the various British peeraEes
I. as having died abroad, without pos
terity" This is unreliable, for IN the
sixteenth and seventeenth eentnraes.
| when means of communication between
| the various countries were dlifcult at
the best. it was found impossible at
home to keep track of the Younger
Icons of Datrlclafl IdnlllltS w llp l'Sit Abi :
for foreign lands in search OF adyen-
ture and fortune. Consequently, when
lost sight of. they were usually set
down as having died abroad without
posterity." Swedish records. however
show that William and George Colqu-
houn younger sons of Sir Alexander.
entered the service Of King Gustayus
Adolphus of Sweden. fought under his
Command during the Thirty Years
War and afterwards settled in sweden
George died without issue, but William
married and left family of children
the eldest of whom. Peter, became
chamberlain to the royal Duke Carl OF
Sodermanland. and died in 1883 The
name of Colquhoun is pronounced II
Scotland and in England as "Cohoon.
, and under the circumstances IT is not
astonishing that in course of time the
name came to be written in Sweden a:
"Kahun," which became corrrurted
: into "Gahun" and finally into Calm
American Iiinsmcn
branch of these Swedish Colquhouns
r or Ghans, directly descended from Pc
ter Colquhoun, is now settled in Amer
lea. and one of it's members. Henri
! Calm, holds an office under the United
: states government AT Washington. TIL,
> Gains of Sweden have for the last 2O
t years always made use OF the armo
: rial bearings OF the Scotch house o
Coouhoun, with the sanction of Tn
: Swedish crown and Court of Heraldry
which, as in other monarchical coun
tries of the Continent OF Europe. j
4 extremely strict ABOUT SuCl illalleTS.
| The Colquhoun family was founded
| according to one tradition, by the Cal
| cdonian chieftain Galgacus. who com
| manded the Scottish forces against tn
! Romans under Agricola, in the Gram
| plan Hills. in the year so A. D., tn
| name Of Galgacus being converted int
| Galgahoun. then into Calhoun and Col
| ouhoun. According to another tradition
the family was founded by tinsma
of the old Earl of LennoN. umfridu
| IIilpatrick by name who in the relg
i of Alexander H.. acquired from tn
earl the lands of Culchone or Colan
J houn. within that earldom. adoptin
for himself and for his descendants IN
i: name OF the lands as their patronYml'
Il The chieftain of the clan to-day ha
r still charters containing the grant {
it the lands of Colquhoun bearing tn
II signature OF King Robert Bruce.
S Luss, in the county of Dumbartol
/, which is yet in the possession OF tn
i family came to 1t through marriaG
e in the reign of David H.. and frol
e that time forth the chief of the Co
lie ouhouns has always been known a
l. the Laird of Luss. The principal set
o of the chief of the Coluuhouns is Ros:
lc dhu, at Luss, built by Sir John Cold,
r houn. Lord High chamberlain OF SEQ
IS land under James ". and ambassadt
it to the court of Queen Elizabeth IN II
le reign of Mary Queen Of Scots. It look
in out onto Loeb Lomond, standing Q
i'll La promontory nanked by gloriol