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Janet Lady Colquhoun |
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| Neé | Sinclair |
| Dates | 1781 - 1846 |
| Additional date information | 1781-04-17 to 1846-10-21 |
| Place born | London |
| Place died | Helensburgh |
| Short biography |
writer and philanthropist |
| Biography |
spent childhood at Thurso Castle, married Major James Colquhoun 1799, kept diary for 40 years, established school of industry for girls near Rossdhu, 1818, wrote several religious works, including The World's Religion as Contrasted with Genuine Christianity, 2nd edn (Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1839)
-see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online |
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