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The Calhoun/Colhoun family is a prominent political family in the United States and is a key political family in U.S. history.The Calhouns rose to power in the South prior to the Civil War and today continue to hold political power and influence through private-sector leadership and control in the South as well as in the Midwest and in New England.
The lands of the clan Colquhoun are on the shores of Loch Lomond. [2] During the reign of Alexander II, Umphredus de Kilpatrick received from Malduin, Earl of Lennox, the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck. [2]
The second baronetcy in 1786 was created to rectify confusion over the first. However, a third branch of the family, the Colquhouns of Tillyquhoun, also continued to assert themselves as baronets until their extinction in 1838. Robert Colquhoun was thus titled the 12th baronet. [2] [3]
Colquhoun (/ k ə ˈ h uː n / kə-HOON) is a surname of Scottish origin. [1] It is a habitational name from the barony of Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire. [1] The Scottish Clan Colquhoun originated there.
Floride Calhoun (1792–1866), wife of John C. Calhoun, second lady of the United States Harlan M. Calhoun (1903–1977), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia James Calhoun (politician, born 1802) (1802–1852), Georgia politician, Army colonel, federal Indian agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
John Ewing Colhoun (c. 1749 – October 26, 1802) was a United States Senator and lawyer from South Carolina. Colhoun, was born in Staunton, Virginia , where he attended common schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University ) in 1774.
Walter Colquhoun Grant (27 May 1822 – 27 August 1861) was a British Army officer and a pioneer settler in the former Oregon Country (shared / temporarily jointly occupied with the Americans of the United States) in western British North America on the continent of North America.
Edmund Ross Colhoun (6 May 1821 – 17 February 1897) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican War and the American Civil War, in which he was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher.