Frances Mary Colquhoun | |
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| Born | 28 February 1836 |
| Died | 29 July 1920 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Frances Mary Colquhoun (28 February 1836 – 29 July 1920) was a Scottish writer.
Frances Mary Colquhoun | |
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| Born | 28 February 1836 |
| Died | 29 July 1920 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Frances Mary Colquhoun (28 February 1836 – 29 July 1920) was a Scottish writer.
Known as Mary, she was born in Edinburgh in 1836, the eldest daughter and second child of John Colquhoun and Frances Sarah Fuller Maitland. Her father was a sportsman, author of The Moor and the Loch and former army officer. Her mother was the author of Rhymes and Chimes. [1]
She grew up in Duddingston and then Royal Terrace, Edinburgh [2] in a "sternly Presbyterian" and well-connected family. [3] She and her siblings also spent time in stately homes in England and Scotland. [4]
She had four sisters and four brothers. Her sister Lucy Bethia Walford became a popular Victorian novelist and wrote about the family in Recollections of a Scottish Novelist. [4] Her aunt was the Scottish novelist Catherine Sinclair.
Mary was the granddaughter of Sir James Colquhoun, Baronet of Luss and Clan Chief of the Colquhouns of Luss. [3] She was 'intensely Highland in her sympathies, and to her there is no place so romantic or beautiful as the country of her clan, stretching along "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomon'." [1] Luss is on the west bank of Loch Lomond.
Mary never married. She was president of St. Kessog's Home, Edinburgh which was devoted to the treatment of women's diseases. [5]
By his will, her father gave her the use and possession of the family home, 1 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, so long as she remained unmarried. In 1916 she unsuccessfully bought a claim against the trustees appointed under her father's will to recover costs on repairs, insurance and fees she had spent in respect of the house. [6]
Writing under the name F. Mary Colquhoun, Mary wrote articles for The Scots Magazine , [7] [8] [9] poetry, which was quoted in the 1891 book, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets [10] and books. She wrote several Highland sketches [11] and collected Christian poems and songs. She also collected lost verses of The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. [12]
Her works include:
Songs of Christian Warfare. "... a neat little volume of carefully selected poems which has just been issued by Miss F. Mary Colquhoun, who is already favourably known as the author of "The Master of Rosca," "Glenroysdale' and the "Communion Afternoon." The pieces have been chosen "not so much because they are favourites of the compiler as because she has found them suited to impart comfort and encouragement to others in our common pilgrimage and warfare of faith" and the book, which is beautifully printed and well bound, deserves a most kindly reception." [15]
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Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Perthshire to the north, Stirlingshire to the east, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire to the south, and Argyllshire to the west.
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The Battle of Glen Fruin was a Scottish clan battle fought on 7 February 1603 between the Clan Gregor and its allies on one side, and the Clan Colquhoun and its allies on the other. The Clan Gregor and Clan Colquhoun were at feud due to the MacGregors carrying out raids on the Colquhoun's lands. The Colquhouns gained royal support and raised an army against the MacGregors. However, during the subsequent battle of Glen Fruin, the Colquhouns were comprehensively defeated. Glen Fruin is in the Loch Lomond area, in the county of Dunbartonshire, Scotland. In the aftermath of the battle royal policy punished the MacGregors for 150 years.
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Loch Lomond Golf Club is located in Luss, Argyll & Bute, Scotland on the shore of Loch Lomond. The course occupies land previously held by Clan Colquhoun and includes the clan's seat of Rossdhu House as its clubhouse.
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