Andrew Macfarlane, 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief
1544 - 1612 (68 years)
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Name Andrew Macfarlane Suffix 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief Birth 1544 Gender Male Death 1612 Person ID I31567 MacFarlane Last Modified 11 Jul 2024
Father Duncan Macfarlane, 13th Baron of Arrochar 10th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1520 d. 1547 (Age 27 years) Mother Catherine Anne Colquhoun d. DECEASED Family ID F5472 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Agnes Maxwell d. DECEASED Children + 1. John Macfarlane, 15th Baron of Arrochar 12th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1567 d. Abt 1645 (Age 78 years) Family ID F7807 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Photos Andrew Macfarlane, 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief 
Andrew Macfarlane, 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief
Battle of Langside Monument
Andrew Macfarlane, 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief
Close up of monument plaque
Andrew Macfarlane, 14th Baron of Arrochar 11th Clan Chief
View of the island Eilean-a-vow from the shore line.
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Notes - 11th Chief (1547-1612): Andrew, son of Duncan, became chief at the age of three years, but the earliest record of his activities is in 1560, when at the age of sixteen he was witness to a procuratory. Andrew married Agnes, daughter of Sir Patrick Maxwell of Newark, and had five sons and two daughters: John, his heir, George, Humphrey, and Elizabeth. Another zealous promoter of the Reformation, and in retaliation for what was commonly believed to be Queen Mary’s collusion in the death of her husband, who was the son of the MacFarlanes’ superior, the Earl of Lennox, Andrew sided with the Regent against Queen Mary at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568. Andrew's assistance was crucial in the defeat of the Queen's forces. The Regent Moray awarded Andrew a new crest for his Arms (demi-savage bearing arrows) and motto: "This I'll Defend" for his service in that battle. Years later the now grown King James VI visited Andrew at his castle on Eilean-a-vow in Loch Lomond, which Andrew had built in 1577.
Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane
© November 2012
www.clanmacfarlane.org - 1586: Muniment #17. " a contract between Andrew MacFarlane the 14th Baron of Arrochar and 11th Chief and his son John MacFarlane the 15th Baron of Arrochar and 12th Chief of Clan MacFarlane. John’s first marriage to Susanna Buchanan is failing and this contract is designed to aid in their expected separation and divorce. This muniment was previously published in Loch Sloy in March 2021." https://www.clanmacfarlane.org/public_html/index.php/clan-macfarlane/muniments/626-muniment-hill-17-1586.html
- 1587: Muniment #18 on CMW website May 2023. This document is a declaration of discharge regarding the children of Humphrey MacFarlane to his mother Agnes Maxwell and his father Andrew MacFarlane.
https://www.clanmacfarlane.org/public_html/index.php/clan-macfarlane/muniments/627-muniment-hill-18-1587.html
- 11th Chief (1547-1612): Andrew, son of Duncan, became chief at the age of three years, but the earliest record of his activities is in 1560, when at the age of sixteen he was witness to a procuratory. Andrew married Agnes, daughter of Sir Patrick Maxwell of Newark, and had five sons and two daughters: John, his heir, George, Humphrey, and Elizabeth. Another zealous promoter of the Reformation, and in retaliation for what was commonly believed to be Queen Mary’s collusion in the death of her husband, who was the son of the MacFarlanes’ superior, the Earl of Lennox, Andrew sided with the Regent against Queen Mary at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568. Andrew's assistance was crucial in the defeat of the Queen's forces. The Regent Moray awarded Andrew a new crest for his Arms (demi-savage bearing arrows) and motto: "This I'll Defend" for his service in that battle. Years later the now grown King James VI visited Andrew at his castle on Eilean-a-vow in Loch Lomond, which Andrew had built in 1577.