Sir
James Colquhoun, of Luss, 4th Baronet, (1804-1873)
Son of Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss and Janet Sinclair
Born 1804
Died 18 December 1873 Loch Lomond (drowned)
Married 14 June 1843
Jane Abercromby
Died 3 May 1844
He was Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire from 1837 till 1844. On 4
June 1843 he married Jane Abercromby who, a month after the birth of
a
son, died 3 May 1844. On 18 December 1873, he drowned in Loch Lomond
within earshot of "Rossdhu", with five of his gillies. Everyone
thought the cries to be joyous boating cheers, while sailing homewards
from stalking red deer on the Island of Inchlonaig.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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