John Campbell Colquhoun
John Campbell Colquhoun (1803–1870) was a Scottish writer and politician.
Life
Colquhoun was born in Edinburgh on 23 January 1803, son of Archibald Colquhoun and Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. William Erskine, episcopalian minister at Muthill, Perthshire.[1] He was educated at Edinburgh High School, and Oriel College, Oxford.[2]
In 1832 Colquhoun is listed as living at 10 Melville Street in the west end of Edinburgh, then newly built.[3] In the same year he was elected Member of Parliament for Dumbartonshire, and in 1837 for Kilmarnock Burghs. He unsuccessfully contested the Kilmarnock burghs in July 1841, but was elected in July 1842 one of the members for Newcastle-under-Lyme, which he continued to represent till the dissolution of 1847, when he retired from reasons of health.
A wealthy Conservative and evangelical, Colquhoun served as president of the Glasgow Society.[4] He was chairman of the general committee of the National Club, of the Church of England Education Society, and of the Irish Church Mission to Roman Catholics.[2]
Colquhoun died 17 April 1870 and was buried in Dean Cemetery.[2]
Works
Colquhoun wrote political and religious pamphlets on questions of the day in Scotland and Ireland. He was also the author of:[2]
- Short Sketches of some Notable Lives, 1855;
- Life in Italy and France in the Olden Time, 1858;
- Scattered Leaves of Biography, 1864;
- William Wilberforce, his Friends and his Times, 1866, 2nd edit. 1867; and
- Memorials of Henrietta Maria Colquhoun, 1870.
Family
In 1827 Colquhoun married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford. They had two sons.[5]
Notes
- ↑
Barker, George Fisher Russell (1887). "Colquhoun, Archibald Campbell". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - 1 2 3 4 Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Colquhoun, John Campbell (1803-1870)". Dictionary of National Biography. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83400063&mode=transcription
- ↑ Graeme Morton; Robert John Morris; B. M. A. de Vries (2006). Civil Society, Associations, and Urban Places: Class, Nation, and Culture in Nineteenth-century Europe. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7546-5247-2. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ Wolffe, John. "Colquhoun, John Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5991. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Colquhoun, John Campbell (1803-1870)". Dictionary of National Biography. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Campbell Colquhoun 1832–35
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Campbell Colquhoun 1837–47
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lord Montagu Graham |
Member of Parliament for Dumbartonshire 1832 – 1835 |
Succeeded by Alexander Dennistoun |
| Preceded by John Bowring |
Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs 1837 – 1841 |
Succeeded by Alexander Johnston |
| Preceded by John Quincey Harris Edmund Buckley |
Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1842 – 1847 With: Edmund Buckley |
Succeeded by Samuel Christy-Miller William Jackson |