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(1803-01-09)9 January 1803
Glasgow, Scotland
Died10 November 1870(1870-11-10) (aged 67)
Pitlochry, Scotland
EducationPembroke College, Oxford

Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun KCB (9 January 1803 – 10 November 1870)[1] was a Scottish diplomat.

Biography

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

  1. ↑ "Colquhoun, Sir Robert Gilmour (1803–1870) Knight Diplomat". National Register of Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  3. ↑ Fraser, Sir William (1869). The Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country. T. and A. Constable. p. 243. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography. Vol. 1. Netherton and Worth. p. 748.
  5. ↑ Cavendish, Francis W. H.; Hertslet, Edward (1857). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 47.
  6. ↑ "No. 22219". The London Gazette. 14 January 1859. p. 128.
  7. ↑ Irving, Joseph (1879). The Book of Dumbartonshire (snippet view). W. and A. K. Johnston. p. 263. Retrieved 6 July 2009. retired 1865.
  8. ↑ "Deaths." The Belfast Newsletter, p. 1. 10 November 1870.
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