BUCHANAN Family
BUCHANAN Family Outline Descent Tree(s) (ODT)
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Buchanan, Buchannan, Buchanon, Buckanen, Bukanon Clan Buchanan is an Armigerous Scottish clan whose origins are said to lie in the 1225 grant of lands on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond to clergyman Sir Absalon of Buchanan by the Earl of Lennox. WIKI
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BUCHANAN, George
[1506-1582] – Scottish writer
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1506-1582. Scottish Humanist and author. Satirized Franciscan friars inSomnium (1535) and Franciscanus et fratres (1537); imprisoned by Cardinal Beaton; fled to Bordeaux, where he taught in different colleges; had Montaigne as student; taught at Coimbra, Portugal; imprisoned by Portuguese Inquisition (1547-52); openly took side of Calvinists on return to Scotland (1561); moderator of General Assembly (1567). Vouched that Casket Letters were in handwriting of Mary, Queen of Scots; charged Mary, in Detectio Mariae Reginae, with murder of Darnley; tutor to James VI (1570-78); occupied last years with De juri regni apud Scotos (1579), confuting absolutism with doctrine that kings exist by will ofpeople, and Rerum Scoticarum historia (1582). Author of tragedies as Baptistes (1534) and Jepthes (1578)and much Latin verse, including De sphaera (1555), Epithalamium (1558), and a paraphrase of the Psalms. MWBD wiki: |
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LANE, Harriet
[1830-1903] – FLOTUS
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Candidates Work List |
This is my working list of candidates to include --
I'm not yet sure if they are related to me!
As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (THUS) and
an explanation included.
They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included.
(And to keep them from popping up on the list again!)
Never discard good research!
Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be
added to the database.
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Wikipedia Article |
This article may name additional candidates: Clan Buchanan