Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss (1714-1786)

Personal data Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss

He is married to Helen Gordon.

They got married on April 12, 1740, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James Colquhoun  1741-1805 


Notes about Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss

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(4) Sir James Grant, later Colquhoun, 1st Bart of Luss (b 22.02.1714, d 16.11.1786)
m. (12.04.1740) Helen Gordon (b 08.04.1717, d 07.01.1791, dau of William Gordon, Lord Stathnaver)

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Timeline Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Grant Colquhoun

Ludovic Grant
????-1714
Janet Brodie
????-1697
Humphrey Colquhoun
????-1718
Margaret Houstoun
James Grant
1679-1747

James Grant Colquhoun
1714-1786

1740

Helen Gordon
1717-1791

James Colquhoun
1741-1805

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Relationship Sir James Grant Colquhoun 1st Bart of Luss

Sources

  1. royal_lineage.ged, June 2006
  2. "Ballard-Willis Family Tree," database, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com , Ballard-Willis Family Tree, Mark W. Ballard

Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1714

  • The temperature on February 22, 1714 was about 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1714: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
    • August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
    • September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
    • September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.

Day of marriage April 12, 1740

  • The temperature on April 12, 1740 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1740: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
    • June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
    • June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
    • August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
    • October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
    • October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Day of death November 16, 1786

  • The temperature on November 16, 1786 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
    • June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
    • August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
    • December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).


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About the surname Colquhoun


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