Robert Gilmour Colquhoun
Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun, KCB (1803–1870)[1] was a British diplomat.
He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford.[2] He was appointed Consul in Bucharest, Romania on 18 January 1835, Consul-General on 15 December 1837, and Agent and Consul-General on 18 November 1851. He received the Order of the Nichan Iftikhar. He was employed in Bosnia in 1854.[3]
He was appointed Agent and Consul-General in Egypt on 14 January 1859.[4] He served there until he retired in 1865 with the confidence and respect of the British government, and the rank of Knight-Commander of the Bath.[5]
References
- ↑ "Colquhoun, Sir Robert Gilmour (1803–1870) Knight Diplomat". National Register of Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ↑ Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography. Vol. 1. Netherton and Worth. p. 748.
- ↑ Cavendish, Francis W. H.; Hertslet, Edward (1857). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 47.
- ↑ "No. 22219". The London Gazette. 14 January 1859. p. 128.
- ↑ Irving, Joseph (1879). The Book of Dumbartonshire (snippet view). W. and A. K. Johnston. p. 263. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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Preceded by Frederick Wright-Bruce |
British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt 1859–1865 |
Succeeded by Edward Stanton |
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