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Old Photographs Fincastle House Scotland
Old photograph of Fincastle house located West of Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun, K.C.B. born 1803, died 1870, who for seven years served as Consul General in Egypt died in Fincastle house. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, England. 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. He was appointed Agent and Consul-General in Egypt on 14 January 1859. 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 Bath.
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