[2] The first of the name to appear in Scotland was Philip de Colville who is found as a witness to a charter to Dunfermline Monastery some time before 1159.

[2] Thomas was unjustly suspected of treason and was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle but he later regained royal favor and died on his own estates in 1219.

[2] Thomas's son was William de Colville who acquired the barony of Kinnaird in Stirlingshire which remains the chief's seat to this day.

[2] In 1228 William de Colville granted a lease of the part of his barony to the Abbot of Holyrood which was confirmed in a charter by Alexander II of Scotland.

[2] She was married to Sir Reginald Cheyne, an elderly knight who died in about 1291, leaving her considerable wealth.

[2] She is recorded on the Ragman Rolls as holding lands in Aberdeen, Ayr, Banff, Forfar, Inverness and Kincardine.

[2] The baron made donations to the monks of Kelso Abbey and his barony of Ochiltree was confirmed by David II of Scotland in 1350.

[2] His son was Sir James Colville of Ochiltree who in 1527 was appointed to the office of Comptroller of the Royal Household.

[2] During the Jacobite rising of 1745 Charles Colville supported the British Government and commanded the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots Fusiliers) at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

Stanley Colville received some of the country's highest honors, including Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.