Colgrain

Colgrain is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located to the east of Helensburgh.^[1]

Colgrain
Colgrain Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NS323802
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUMBARTON
Postcode district	G82
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Dumbarton
List of places UK Scotland 55.985°N 4.686°W / 55.985; -4.686

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.^[2]

See also

Janet Hamilton Campbell Conversation Pictures - Children of Colin Campbell of Colgrain and Camis Eskan by Daniel Macnee, 1845

Camis Eskan House, a listed building in Colgrain

• Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan 'of Camis Eskan in the County of Dumbarton'.^[3] His great grandfather Colin Campbell (Junior) of Colgrain and Camis Eskan (1818–86), a wealthy sugar merchant who owned plantations in British Guiana.^[4]