Why is a Scottish Town called Helensborough?

Question:The town planner may have called it after his wife - is this true?

Answers:
Actually spelled Helensburgh, and its founder rather than its planner, but basically yes.

From the web page below:

"The graceful holiday town of Helensburgh was named after the wife of Sir Robert Colquhoun, who founded the town at the end of the 18th Century."

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