Colgrain is a village in
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
, Scotland, located to the east of
Helensburgh.
The name Colgrain is known from at least 1377 when Sir William Denzeltoun (of Colgrane) gives his consent to a grant made by his father, Sir John Denzeltoun of that Ilk, to the church of Glasgow.
See also
![Conversation Pictures - Children of Colin Campbell of Colgrain and Camis Eskan by Daniel Macnee 1845](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Conversation_Pictures_-_Children_of_Colin_Campbell_of_Colgrain_and_Camis_Eskan_by_Daniel_Macnee_1845.JPG)
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Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan
John Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan (8 August 1912 – 26 December 1994), known familiarly as "Jock", was the Chairman of Booker Brothers, McConnell and Co (Later Booker-McConnell) in British Guiana (now Guyana) between 1952 and 1967 ...
'of Camis Eskan in the
County of Dumbarton
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Per ...
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His great grandfather Colin Campbell (Junior) of Colgrain and Camis Eskan (1818–86), a wealthy sugar merchant who owned plantations in
British Guiana
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...
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Villages in Argyll and Bute
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