Alexander (Colquhoun) Colquhoun XVth of Colquhoun and XVIIth of Luss (abt. 1573 - 1617)

Born about 1573 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Helen (Buchanan) Buchanan Lady Luss — married 18 Aug 1595 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 23 May 1617 at about age 44 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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Biography

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Alexander (Colquhoun) Colquhoun XVth of Colquhoun and XVIIth of Luss is a member of Clan Colquhoun.

Alexander Colquhoun was born in 1573. He was the son of John Colquhoun 15th Laird of Luss

This interesting surname is of Scottish locational origin from a place called Colquhoun in the former county of Aberdeenshire (now part of Grampian region), first recorded in the form of "Colghoun" in 1246. The name appears to derive from the Gaelic "coil", "cuil", a nook, corner or "coill(e)" a wood plus "cumhann" narrow; hence "narrow corner or wood". Colquhoun is the name of a Scottish family descended from Umfridus de Kilpatrick, who acquired the lands of Colquhoun in the reign of Alexander 11 (1214-1249). The surname is first recorded in the mid 13th Century. Vmfredus de Kelquon witnessed a confirmation charter by Robert 1 to Sir John Colquhoun (1308). About the middle of the 14th Century Sir Robert Colquhoun married the heiress of Humphrey de Luss and thus became Lord of Colquhoun and Luss.

Alexander married Helen Buchanan in 1595 ^[1] and died in 1617. ^{[2] [3]}

Alexander Colquhoun

Sir Knight Alexander XV Colqhoun

Also Known As: Sir Alexander Colquhoun, 15th of Colquhoun & 17th of Luss

Reported as XV and XVII, not sure which is correct.

Birth

31 JAN 1573 Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death

23 MAY 1617 Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Marriage

Wife: Margaret Helen Buchanan

Child: Adam Colquhoun

Child: John BT Colquhoun

Child: Humphrey Colquhoun

Child: Walter Colquhoun

Child: George Colquhoun

Child: Jean Colquhoun

Child: Nancy Colquhoun

Child: Katherine Colquhoun

Child: Helen Colquhoun

Child: Mary Colquhoun

8 AUG 1595^[4]

Notes

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=262689&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Battle of Glenfruin

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=document&guid=fd861eee-4db3-4812-b100-6d6500c75a2d&tid=17838154&pid=582263822

Sources

1. ↑ Fraser, Sir William. Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country (T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1869) Vol. 1, Page xxv See XIV
2. ↑ Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country (T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1869) Vol. 1, Page xxv See XIV, Pg 167
3. ↑ The Peerage, http://www.thepeerage.com/p1366.htm#i13658
4. ↑ Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.