Sir Adam Colquhoun, of Glennis

1612 - 1655  (43 years)

• Name	Sir Adam Colquhoun
  Suffix	of Glennis
  Birth	Abt 1601	1650   [1]
  Birth	5 Dec 1601	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Birth	5 Dec 1601	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  Birth	5 Dec 1601	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  Birth	1612	East Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1634	of Ireland
  Death	3 Dec 1634	Tullichewan, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Death	3 Dec 1634	Cork, County Donegal, Ireland
  Name	Adam Colquhoun  [1]
  Name	Adam Colquhoun, Laird Of Colquhoun  [2]
  Name	Sir Adam Laird Of Colquhoun) Colquhoun 11th Ggf
  Name	Sir Alexander Xvii Colquhoun  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Death	1655	Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [6]
  Person ID	I10229	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Alexander Xv "Alasdair" Colquhoun, (E-FT350465) * Earl of Colquhoun Baron Colquhoun of Luss & Clan Chief of Kilpatrick & Colquhoun,   b. 31 Jan 1573, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1617, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Margaret "Helen" Buchanan, Countess Of Colquhoun, Baroness Colquhoun, (verfied as spouse of Alex. 15th in National Records of Scotland),   b. 1 Feb 1576, Castle Buchanan, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 23 May 1617, Castle Knockmile, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Aug 1595	Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom   [7, 8]
  Married	18 Aug 1595	Castle Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F2312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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  Documents

  The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their County

  
  

  Histories

  adam colquhoun, sonrobert 1621

  
  

• Notes

  He was a merchant in Dunbartonshire, Scotland but inherited 1000 acres called Corkagh Manor in Ireland. A small far house was built on in 1650 likely by son Robert (b. 1622) who was given it by his father. By 1658 it included 2 farmhouses. https://askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/corkagh-house-and-estate-/

  
  

• Sources

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