Walter Macfarlane, 9th Baron of Arrochar 6th Clan Chief
Abt 1430 - 1488 (58 years)
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Name Walter Macfarlane Suffix 9th Baron of Arrochar 6th Clan Chief Birth Abt 1430 Gender Male Death 1488 Scotland 
- At Battle of Sauchieburn, fighting for King James III
Person ID I31589 MacFarlane Last Modified 11 Jun 2024
Father Duncan Macfarlane, 8th Baron of Arrochar 5th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1410 d. Bef 1486 (Age < 75 years) Mother Unknown, b. Abt 1410 d. DECEASED Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Daughter of James the 2nd Lord Livingston, b. Abt 1430 d. DECEASED Children 1. Dugal Macfarlane, of Tullichintall Finart Gorton [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. Andrew Macfarlane, 10th Baron of Arrochar 7th Clan Chief, b. Abt 1450 d. 1493 (Age 43 years) Family ID F80 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes - 6th Chief (1447-1488): Walter, son of Duncan, was named chief of Arrochar in a charter under the Great Seal from King James III in 1486. He married the only daughter of James, second Lord Livingston and had two sons: Andrew, his heir, and Dugal, progenitor of the Macfarlanes of Tullichintall, Finart, and Gorton. Walter, as well as many clansmen, perished at the Battle of Sauchieburn (1488) fighting for King James III, who also fell there. He was involved in the extremely complicated negotiations that resulted in at least three claimants, including Walter as heir-male, to the vacant Earldom of Lennox following the beheading of the 8th Earl in 1425. However Stewart of Darnley (grandson of a younger daughter of the executed Earl) finally overcame all opposition and succeeded to the Earldom of Lennox in 1488.
Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane
© November 2012
www.clanmacfarlane.org
- 6th Chief (1447-1488): Walter, son of Duncan, was named chief of Arrochar in a charter under the Great Seal from King James III in 1486. He married the only daughter of James, second Lord Livingston and had two sons: Andrew, his heir, and Dugal, progenitor of the Macfarlanes of Tullichintall, Finart, and Gorton. Walter, as well as many clansmen, perished at the Battle of Sauchieburn (1488) fighting for King James III, who also fell there. He was involved in the extremely complicated negotiations that resulted in at least three claimants, including Walter as heir-male, to the vacant Earldom of Lennox following the beheading of the 8th Earl in 1425. However Stewart of Darnley (grandson of a younger daughter of the executed Earl) finally overcame all opposition and succeeded to the Earldom of Lennox in 1488.