The Colquhoun Clan Loch Lomond
(sometimes pronounced Co'hoon)
Motto : If I can (Si Je Puis)
Crest : A hart's head, couped, gules, attired, argent.
Pipe Music: The Colquhoun's March Plant
Badge : Hazel Saplings War Cry: Cnoc Ealachain
Their origin unclear, the Colquhouns have had a long, interesting and sometimes violent history. This clan may well derive from a Norman immigrant family, or even earlier from a succession of Celtic priests who were the custodians of the Crozier of St Kessog and who had lived on Monks Island on the loch.
The name Colquhoun comes from the territory of that name situated to west of Loch Lomond.
1214 - 1249 Scots King Alexander II - During this reign the head of the family, Humphrey de Colquhoun, was granted the lands on the west of the loch by Malcom, Earl of Lennox. This was confirmed by King Robert the Bruce for the Clan's support in the War of Independence
1368 Sir Robert Colquhoun married the fair Maid of Luss, heiress to nearby lands in Glen Luss and since then the clan name has properly been Colquhoun of Luss
The Colquhouns supported King Robert the Bruce and backed the early Stewart Kings. In 1602, the Macgregors raided the Colquhouns in Glen Luss killing two clansmen, injuring others and carrying off hundreds of livestock.
Around the same time and after a conference between the two clans, the Colquhouns hoped to trap the Macgregors in Glen Fruin, but their intention was anticipated by Alistair Macgregor of Glenstrae, and after a bloody conflict the Colquhouns were signally defeated and their chief killed. In revenge they made a dramatic representation to the king (James VI) and the clan Macgregor was proscribed and their name forbidden under pain of death.
Sir Ian Colquhoun was mentioned in despatches no less than five times in the First World War and twice wounded. He was created a Knight of the Thistle and was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. A member of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland. He was at the forefront of the movement to preserve Scotland's Heritage.
