Sir Patrick MacChombaich[needs IPA] de Colquhoun QC (/kəˈhuːn/ kə-HOON; 13 April 1815 – 18 May 1891) was a British diplomat, legal writer and sculler who influenced early Cambridge rowing.

[6] From 1840 to 1844, Colquhoun was Plenipotentiary of the Hanse Towns at Constantinople, Persia and Greece, through his father's connections.

He was well respected in the literary world and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1845.

Charles Leland wrote Who that knows London knoweth not Sir Patrick Colquhoun?

From 1857 to 1866, he was Aulic Counsellor to the King of Saxony and standing Counsel to the Saxon Legation.