Andrew Macfarlane, 12th Baron of Arrochar 9th Clan Chief
Abt 1496 - 1544 (48 years)
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Name Andrew Macfarlane Suffix 12th Baron of Arrochar 9th Clan Chief Birth Abt 1496 Gender Male Death 1544 Person ID I31574 MacFarlane Last Modified 11 Jun 2024
Father John Macfarlane, 11th Baron of Arrochar 8th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1470 d. Aft 1514 (Age > 45 years) Mother 1st wife daughter of James, Lord Hamilton, b. Abt 1476 d. DECEASED Marriage Abt 1495 Family ID F82 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lady Margaret Cunningham Children 1. George of Merkinch [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. Duncan Macfarlane, 13th Baron of Arrochar 10th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1520 d. 1547 (Age 27 years) Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes - 9th Chief (1514-c.1544): Andrew, known as "Andrew the Wizard." son of Sir John, was very adept at sleight-of-hand tricks, and astonished and frightened the country people with what they called witchcraft. Andrew is believed to have written the clan pibroch "Thogail nam Bo." He frequented the court of King James V and married Lady Margaret Cunningham, daughter of the Earl of Glencairn. He had two sons: Duncan, his heir, and George of Merkinch, progenitor of the Macfarlanes of Kirkton. He attacked Boturick Castle, which was owned by Haldane of Gleneagles (who had previously claimed, and lost, the Earl of Lennox title in a dispute with John Stewart of Darnley). It sat on the south east shore of Loch Lomond. Later, Andrew's half-brother Walter was in trouble with the law for killing some of Clan Colquhoun's people. Andrew died in the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary, about 1544.
Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane
© November 2012
www.clanmacfarlane.org
- 9th Chief (1514-c.1544): Andrew, known as "Andrew the Wizard." son of Sir John, was very adept at sleight-of-hand tricks, and astonished and frightened the country people with what they called witchcraft. Andrew is believed to have written the clan pibroch "Thogail nam Bo." He frequented the court of King James V and married Lady Margaret Cunningham, daughter of the Earl of Glencairn. He had two sons: Duncan, his heir, and George of Merkinch, progenitor of the Macfarlanes of Kirkton. He attacked Boturick Castle, which was owned by Haldane of Gleneagles (who had previously claimed, and lost, the Earl of Lennox title in a dispute with John Stewart of Darnley). It sat on the south east shore of Loch Lomond. Later, Andrew's half-brother Walter was in trouble with the law for killing some of Clan Colquhoun's people. Andrew died in the beginning of the reign of Queen Mary, about 1544.