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Farquhar [5th Urquhart 2nd Dochgarroch] MacLean
- Farquhar [5th Urquhart 2nd Dochgarroch] MacLeanAbt 1460 - Abt 1547
Facts and Events
References
- http://www.electricscotland.com/history/inverness/chapter4.htm
III. FARQUHAR, in whose time, driven out of Urquhart and having no certain standing elsewhere, the fortunes of the family were at a low ebb. It is certain however that at this period the Dochgarroch family were closely connected with Farquhar Maclean, Bishop of the Isles, and with Agnes and Marion Maclean, Prioresses of Iona. Indeed by some the two Farquhars have been held as one and the same person. Farquhar was in turn succeeded by his younger son,
"A History of the Clan MacLean" by J.P. MacLean, page 257.
"It appears that this was the Farquhar who in 1530 was nominated
bishop of the Isles. A family tradition relates that he acquired the
sobriquet of Gorach, or foolish, because he resigned the bishopric
without first having himself duly infested in the lands of Uquhart."
Death: 1547 in Musselburgh, E. Lothian, Scotland
Killed in the battle of Pinkie in 1547
3rd son of Hector Bluie
Note:
J.P. MacLean, page 257.
"Battle of Pinkie Bishop of Isles 1529
"Known as 'silly Farquhar' and he held the lands of Dochgarroch and Dochnalurg. This Farquhar was the 5th son of Hector Buie MACLEAN who was a grandson of Sir Charles"
from the Celtic Monthly Aug 1902
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