Archibald Campbell Colquhoun (d 1820) was a Scottish politician and lawyer.

The son of John Campbell of Clathick, he took the surname Colquhoun in 1804 on inheriting the estate of Killermont, Dumbartonshire. He became an advocate in 1768, was a Member of Parliament for Elgin from 1807 to 1810 and for Dumbartonshire from 1810 to 1820, and served as Lord Advocate from 1807 to 1816 and as Lord Clerk Register from 1816 to 1820. He was a partner in the Thistle Bank of Glasgow. Dunbartonshire is one of the Traditional counties of Scotland, in that part of the country formerly called Lennox (which was a title of nobility). ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Dunbartonshire is one of the Traditional counties of Scotland, in that part of the country formerly called Lennox (which was a title of nobility). ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ... The Lord Clerk Register is the oldest surviving Great Office of State in Scotland, with origins in the 13th century. ...

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Details of family and Killermont estate (http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou064.htm)