Sir John (18th of Luss, 1st Baronet) Colquhoun^[1]

1596 - 1655  (59 years)

• Name	John (18th of Luss, 1st Baronet) Colquhoun
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1596	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1655	Exile In Italy
  Person ID	I143994	First tree
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Alexander (Alasdir) Lord Colquhoun, 15th of Colqhoun and 17th of Luss,   b. 1573, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1617, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Helen (Margaret) Buchanan,   b. 1574, Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  Marriage	18 Aug 1595
  Family ID	F11946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lilias Graham,   b. Abt 1596, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Jun 1620	Scotland
  	alt.marriage date 6 July 1620
  Children	1. Sir John (2nd Bt of Luss) Colquhoun,   b. Abt 1621, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 11 Apr 1676 (Age 55 years)   2. Sir James Colquhoun, of Coreagh, 4th Baronet of Luss,   b. Abt 1623, Scotland d. 1688 (Age 65 years)   3. Alexander (of Tilliquhoun) Colquhoun, 1st of Tillyquhoun,   b. Abt 1625   d. 1718 (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F22154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Sir John, in his father’s lifetime, got a charter under the great seal of the ten pound land of Dunnerbuck, dated 20th February 1602, was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by patent dated last day of August 1625. He married Lady Lillias Graham, daughter of the fourth Earl of Montrose, brother of the great Marquis, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. His two eldest sons succeeded to the baronetcy. In 1632 Colquhoun, Catherine and a German servant Carlips disappeared from Rossdhu. The use of malefice (witchcraft) was alleged to bewitch the young sister. All three were presumed to have fled abroad. Sir John was declared an outlaw and died in exile in Italy. Sir John appears to have run away with a younger sister of the Marquess of Montrose, Lady Catherine Graham, who had taken refuge at Rossdhu. He was accused of having used the Black Art for the purpose of enticing her, and of having employed, among other witches and sorcerers, one Thomas Carlippis, whom he kept as his ordinary servant. Along with certain love philters, he is said to have used a certain jewel of gold set with divers diamonds, rubies, and other precious stones, and from this fact one may doubt whether there was much necromancy after all in the attractions with which he overcome the scruples of the fair young lady. As a consequence, however, the gay baronet was outlawed and excommunicated, and, what with the expense of his love-jewels, his fines as a Royalist, and other extravagances, he was presently forced to dispose of his life-rent of the estates, and it was only with difficulty that possession was recovered by the bargaining of his shrewd brother, Humphrey Colquhoun.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.