Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet

Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun, 8th Baronet, JP, DL (b. 4 January 1916 - d. 31 January 2008) was the son of Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet and his wife Geraldine Bryde (Dinah) Tennant.

Sir Ivar was educated at Eton. He was working at a lumber camp in Finland at the outbreak of World War II, and joined a Territorial Army battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a private soldier. When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939, he was seconded to the 5th (Ski) Battalion Scots Guards. This was disbanded after Finland was forced to accept Russian terms in March 1940. Then he joined the artillery in Libya and served there during the siege of Tobruk, later to become the subject of some of his drier reminiscences.

By the end of the war, he served as a liaison officer with the Grenadier Guards and subsequently a captain in the Coldstream Guards.

He served as a Justice of the Peace for over 20 years, though was reported to not enjoy it much. He was a deputy lieutenant for Dunbartonshire and for 20 years was the chairman of the British Sailors’ Society.

He was the eighth baronet and the 30th Laird of Luss. As a member of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, he made regular appearances at clan gatherings and clan games and endorsed the clan museum. From 1949 until 1982 he was chieftain of the Luss Highland Games in July.

He was married in 1943 to Kathleen Nimmo Duncan (died 17 April 2007), 2nd daughter of Walter Atholl Duncan, of Cadogan Sq, London. His wife's sister Marjorie Ray Duncan married in 1938 the 6th Earl of Verulam.

Sir Ivar Colquhoun of Luss and Lady Colquhoun had two children:

(i) Iona Mary (b 1945), now the Dowager Duchess of Argyll, who married 1964, the 12th Duke of Argyll (1937-2001), and had issue one son (the present Duke) and one daughter; &

(ii) Malcolm Rory Colquhoun (b 20 Dec 1947), 9th baronet. He was styled "Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss, younger of Luss", since his birth as the heir to the baronetcy and estate. He married for the second time in October 1989 Katharine A.H. Mears, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs A.C. Mears, of Canberra, Australia, and has issue by her. Their son Fergus Alexander Mears Colquhoun was christened in October 1991.

External links

* [http://groups.google.com/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/82263983d5df95de/96f735d4b57fa016 The death of Lady Colquhoun of Luss] was reported in April 2007 on the discussion group "Peerage News".

* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.talk.royalty/search?group=alt.talk.royalty&q=%22Colquhoun+of+Luss%22&qt_g=Search+this+group Information] on a marriage and birth in the family, on the discussion group "alt.talk.royalty", derived from notices in the British newspapers.
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3483997.ece Obituary] in The Times