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Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan 1546–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 May 1546

Birth Location: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: January 1591

Death Location: Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Father: John Buchanan

Mother: Helen Chrisholme

Spouse(s): Lady Graham

Children(s): Margaret Colquhoun), George Graham, John Buchanan, John Montrose, Mary Graham

Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan was born in 1546 in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of John Buchanan And Helen Chrisholme. Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan married Lady Margaret Graham, and had children including George Graham, John Buchanan, John Graham 4Th Earl Of Montrose, Margaret Helen Buchanan Lady Countess Of Colquhoun Baroness Colquhoun, Mary Graham. Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan passed away in 1591 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan was born in 1546 in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of John Buchanan And Helen Chrisholme.
  • Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan married Lady Margaret Graham, and had children including George Graham, John Buchanan, John Graham 4Th Earl Of Montrose, Margaret Helen Buchanan Lady Countess Of Colquhoun Baroness Colquhoun, Mary Graham.
  • Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan passed away in 1591 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Buchanan's Ancestors

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Sir Buchanan
1546–1591
Birth Place: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
John Buchanan
1520–1561
Buchanan, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Helen Chrisholme
1524–1550
Buchanan, Sterling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Margaret (of Duntreath Edmonstone 15th) GGM
1502–1530
Duntreath Castle, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Jean Grahame of Montrose 15th) GGM
1500–1568
Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Annabel Drummond
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Buchanan's Descendants

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Sir (George (Knight of Luss)) Buchanan (01 May 1546–January 1591) m. Lady (Margaret) Graham (1549–1 February 1574)
  1. 1. Margaret ("Helen" Buchanan (Lady; Countess of Colquhoun, Baroness) Colquhoun) 1576–1617
    1. 1. John (Colquhoun 1st Baronet of Nova Scotia & Tilliquhoun 18th Laird of Luss 16th) Laird. 1596–1655 m. Lilias Graham 1596–1650
      1. 1. (Sir) (John Colquhoun "The Black Cock of the West" , of Colquhoun 2nd Bart. of) Luss 1622–1676 m. Margaret (Gideon (Baillie)) Colquhoun 1636–1679
        1. 1. Christian Colquhoun 1674–1702 m. William ((8th Laird Craigends)) Cunningham 1650–1733
  2. 2. George Graham –1619
  3. 3. John Buchanan 1572–
  4. 4. John (Graham 4th Earl of) Montrose 1573–1626
  5. 5. Mary Graham 1571–1653

Sir Buchanan's Timeline

5 Records

1546
01 May 1546
Birth of Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1559
Jan 1559
Age 13
Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan was married in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1565
9 Apr 1565
Age 19
Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan was married in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1565
9 Apr 1565
Age 19
Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan was married
None
1591
January 1591
Age 45
Death of Sir George (Knight of Luss) Buchanan in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 May 1546
    Event Place: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Jan 1559
    Event Place: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1565
    Event Place: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1565

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Blairlusk, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1591
    Event Place: Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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