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RE: Verne's itineraries

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:24:12 +0800
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Ian,

 

Very convincing! (I should have searched my hard disc for "Luss', and I
could have found the answer myself .) However, was the castle ever called
"Malcolm Castle" before Verne, do you know?

 

Best regards,

 

Bill

 

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http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/

 

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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
ithompson~at~geog.gla.ac.uk
Sent: 26 July 2003 12:48
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: RE: Verne's itineraries

 

Bill,
I have always assumed that the model for Glenarvan was the Colquhoun family.
Since the 14th C the family owned vast tracts of the area from Luss to as
far south as the Clyde at Dumbarton. The clan castle is Rossdhu on a
promontary jutting out into Loch Lomond just south of Luss, which
corresponds with the description in Les E d CG. The family title was
"Colquhouns of Luss" (their family crest motto was "Si je peut").Their land
was originally acquired from Malcolm Earl of Essex in the 13th C. Rossdhu
Castle still exists, and is the HQ of the Loch Lomond Golf Course, home of
the Scottish Open.
We know that Verne was aware of this family and its terrible fighting with
the MacGregor clan (See Les Indes Noires, Ch. XVIII."...d'un chant de
guerre, qui relatait les exploits d'Alexandre MacGregor, du glen Srae,
contre Sir Humphrey Colquhour (sic), de Luss".
I cant prove the family and the castle but they are my prime suspects!
Regards,
Ian.

 
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