Tour Scotland Photograph Jane Colquhoun Window Parish Church Luss Loch Lomond

Tour Scotland photograph of the Jane Colquhoun memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church in Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland. Janet Sinclair was born on 17 April 1781 at Westminster, London, England. She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet, and Sarah Maitland. She married Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Falconer, on 11th June 1799 at Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She died on 21st October 1846 at age 65. From 11 June 1799, her married name became Colquhoun.


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Tour Scotland Photograph Ministers Window Parish Church Luss Loch Lomond

Tour Scotland photograph of the Ministers memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church in Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland. A memorial to past ministers of the parish church of Luss, including John Stuart of Luss, who was born in 1743 and died in 1821. He was a Church of Scotland minister, and reviser of the New Testament in Gaelic of his father James Stuart of Killin. John Stuart's revised New Testament was published in 1796 with a print run of 21,500 copies.He was the main translator of the Old Testament which was published in 1801. The son of the minister James Stuart, and Elizabeth Drummond, he was born at Killin. He was licensed by the presbytery of Edinburgh on 27th February 1771, was presented to the living of Arrochar by Sir James Colquhoun in October 1773, and was ordained on 12 May 1774. He was translated to Weem on 26th March 1776, and to Luss on 1st July 1777. He received the degree of D.D. from Glasgow University in 1795. Stuart died at Luss on 24 May 1821.


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Tour Scotland Video Rainbow Loch Lomond

Tour Scotland video of a rainbow on a cruise near Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland. The village of Luss hosts a water taxi service to Balloch, at the south of the loch, allowing visitors to transfer onwards to Glasgow by train or visit its shopping centre, Lomond Shores. Luss Pier is a popular starting point for boat trips on the loch.

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Tour Scotland photograph Prayer Candles Parish Church Luss Loch Lomond

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of prayer candles in the Parish Church in Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sir Iain Colquhoun Window Parish Church Luss Loch Lomond

Tour Scotland photograph of the Sir Iain Colquhoun memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church in Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland. Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet, KT, DSO, born 20th June 1887, died 12th November 1948, was a Scottish baronet, and the grandfather of an Irish earl and great-grandfather of a Scottish duke. He served with the Scots Guards in World War I, in which he was wounded, awarded the Distinguished Service Order and bar, and mentioned in dispatches. He succeeded his father as the 7th Baronet, as Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, and Chief of the Clan Colquhoun. Sir Iain married Geraldine Bryde, a granddaughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet, on 10th February 1915, and they had two sons (the elder succeeding his father as 9th baronet) and three daughters. One of their daughters Fiona married the 8th Earl of Arran (1910–1983), an Irish peer; the present 9th Earl being their son. He was Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire from 1919 until his death, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1932, 1940 and 1941 and Lord Rector of Glasgow University from 1934-1937. He was created a Knight of the Thistle in 1937.



Tour Scotland video of the Sir Iain Colquhoun memorial stained glass window in the Parish Church in Luss, on Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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