A Bit About William Colquhoun: Brave. Selfless. True.
Flag of Scots rendering by M. McKenzie William Colquhoun (c1633-1675) William Colquhoun was born in Scotland in the 1630s. At about age 16-17, as a Scottish Covenanter, he went to war, joining thousands of his fellow countrymen in support of Charles I and then Charles II against the Commonwealth of England (Republic of England and Wales) in what is known as Third English Civil War. "Our maine fear to have our religion lost, our throats cutted, our poor countrey made an English province, to be disposed upon for ever hereafter at the will of a Bishop of Canterburie..." (The Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, 1637-1662, Vol. 1, p. 66). Battle of Dunbar. Leslie's Scottish troops (ctr), Cromwell's troops (l&r). English warships at bottom. Artist unknown. Public domain. William and his brethren were defeated in battle 3 September 1650 the Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. One of William's fellow soldiers at Dunbar may have been a ...