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Margaret Helen (Buchanan) Buchanan Lady Luss (1576 - 1617)

Margaret Helen Buchanan Lady Luss formerly Buchanan
Born in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 18 Aug 1595 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 41 in Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Margaret (Buchanan) Buchanan Lady Luss is a member of Clan Colquhoun.
This profile is part of the Buchanan Name Study.

Name

Margaret Helen Buchanan


Birth

ABT 1574 Buchanan, Sterling, Scotland

Death

Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland


Marriage

8 AUG 1595
Husband: Alexander Colquhoun

Notes

The Colquhouns were feuding with the MacFarlanes, the MacGregors, and the Buchanans. In order to settle the Buchanan feud, Alexander Colquhoun married the daughter of Sir George Buchanan of that Ilk, Helen Buchanan. That seems to have finally settled affairs betwixt the 2 clans. The marriage contract was signed on 25 Oct 1596.

Alexander Colquhoun died on 23 May 1617.

Alexander Colquhoun and his wife, Helen Buchanan had 6 sons and 5 daughters (listed as males first, then females): 1. John, who succeeded him and was created a baronet. 2. Humphrey of Balvie, who inherited the Colquhoun estate at Balvie from his father. 3. Alexander 4. Walter, who with his brother, George, moved to Sweden and became cannon makers to King Adolphus Gustavus. 5. Adam, who inherited the lands in Ireland 6. George, who went to Sweden. See Walter. 7. Jean, who married Allan, 5th Lord Cathcart in 1626. She remarried upon his death to Sir Duncan Campbell, Baronet, of Auchinbrecht. Her 3rd husband was Sir William Hamilton, Knight, and 3rd son of James, Earl of Abercorn. 8. Nancy, who married a McAuley and moved to Ireland. 9. Katharine, who married Sir John Mure of Auchindraine, Knight. 10. Helen 11. Mary

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