Sunday, February 8, 2009

Unpublished Photo Of Sir Iain

This past year unpublished Life magazine photos (seen here) were released on the internet for educational purposes. A set of these includes a photo of "Sir Iain Colquhoun (L) attending the celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Bicentenary for which he made the arrangements."





Sir Iain is escorting Sir Donald Cameron who made the opening speech at the celebration.




The "date taken" for these pictures on the Google website is "September 1945". Sir Iain was also photographed at the 1939 anniversary which was published in 1940 (Vol. 8 No. 23):


Copies of this issue can still be found on e bay from time to time.



Sir Iain's biography was also added to The University Of Glasgow Story last year.





Here's another picture of Sir Iain that hasn't been posted here yet. It's from the Clydebank Central Library under "Burials at Dalnottar". "Burial of unidentified victims of the Clydebank Blitz at the communal grave at Dalnottar cemetery, 1941.
On Monday 17 March 1941, the first of the unclaimed (and therefore unidentified) victims of the Clydebank Blitz were laid to rest in a large communal grave in Dalnottar Cemetery, in the presence of... Sir Iain Colquhoun, the Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire..."


Sir Iain is on the left in a khaki jacket and checkered cap in front of the wreath.

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