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'''Sir Robert David Colquhoun, 12th Baronet''' (15 May 1786 – 2 June 1838) served in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>''Asiatic Journal''. 1838. part II. page 231.</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_U8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA230 |last=Colbourn |first=Henry |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |date=1839 |page=230 |accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref><ref>Family Search. ''Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950''.</ref> In 1815 in present-day [[Almora]], holding the rank of [[lieutenant]], he organized the [[3 Gorkha Rifles#Formation to 1885|Kemaoon Battalion]], predecessor of the 3rd Gorkha Rifles, to fight in what became known as the [[Gurkha War]].<ref name="gurkha">{{cite web |url=http://nawang.com/3rd-gorkha-rifles/ |title=3rd Gorkha Rifles |date=31 January 2018 |publisher=Lt. Nawang Kapadia |accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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Colquhoun was a plant collector and early patron of the [[Calcutta Botanical Gardens]].<ref name="sir">[http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/colquhoun-sir-robert-tf/ Colquhoun, Sir Robert]</ref><ref name="evergreen">{{cite book<br />
|last = Smith<br />
|first = Archibald William<br />
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|title = A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins<br />
|publisher = [[Courier Dover Publications]]<br />
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|year = 1997<br />
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|isbn = 978-0-486-29715-6<br />
|page = 103}}</ref> The [[evergreen]] [[genus]] ''[[Colquhounia]]'' was named in his honor.<ref name="evergreen" /><br />
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There is a memorial to Colquhoun in the Holy Ghost cemetery in Basingstoke. Its headstone says that he died at sea aboard the ship ''Reliance''.<br />
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