Robert Gilmour Colquhoun
Robert Gilmour Colquhoun | |
|---|---|
| British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt | |
| In office 14 January 1859 – 1865 | |
| British Agent in Romania | |
| In office 18 November 1851 – 1858 | |
| British Consul-General in Romania | |
| In office 15 December 1837 – 1858 | |
| British Consul in Romania | |
| In office 18 January 1835 – 15 December 1837 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1803 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 10 November 1870 (aged 67) Pitlochry, Scotland |
| Education | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun KCB (9 January 1803 – 10 November 1870)[1] was a Scottish diplomat.
Biography
[edit]Colquhoun was born on Jamaica Street, Glasgow, and baptised in Luss, Dumbartonshire,[2] the eldest and only surviving son of Robert Colquhoun, 16th of Camstradden and Harriet Farrer.[3] He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford.[4] He was appointed consul in Bucharest, Romania on 18 January 1835, consul-general on 15 December 1837, and agent and consul-general on 18 November 1851. He received the Order of the Nichan Iftikhar. He was employed in Bosnia in 1854.[5]
He was appointed agent and consul-general in Egypt on 14 January 1859.[6] He served there until he retired in 1865 with the confidence and respect of the British government, and the rank of Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[7]
He died in Pitlochry, aged 67.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Colquhoun, Sir Robert Gilmour (1803–1870) Knight Diplomat". National Register of Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- ^ Fraser, Sir William (1869). The Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country. T. and A. Constable. p. 243. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography. Vol. 1. Netherton and Worth. p. 748.
- ^ Cavendish, Francis W. H.; Hertslet, Edward (1857). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 47.
- ^ "No. 22219". The London Gazette. 14 January 1859. p. 128.
- ^ Irving, Joseph (1879). The Book of Dumbartonshire (snippet view). W. and A. K. Johnston. p. 263. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
retired 1865.
- ^ "Deaths." The Belfast Newsletter, p. 1. 10 November 1870.
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