Persoonlijke gegevens Baronet Alexander Strachan 

• Hij is geboren op 25 februari 1696 in Sint Nicholas, Aberdeen Schotland.
• Hij werd gedoopt op 25 februari 1696 in Saint Nicholas,Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland.
• Beroepen:
• koopman en verver.
• Merchant and dyer in * The firm of the Rotterdam house was Robertson, Coutts, and Strachan. Their chief trade was the shipping of tea, spirits, and other articles of contra-band.
• koopman en postmeester in Banff Schotland in Banff.
• (MYHERITAGE:LINEAGE) in Schotland, Verenigd Koninkrijk: De last seat of the chief of Clan Strachan was at Thornton Castle..
• Hij is overleden op 2 mei 1768 in Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, hij was toen 72 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Alexander Strachan en Elisabeth (Elspett) Maitland

Gezin van Baronet Alexander Strachan

Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Robertson.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1721 te Boyndie, Banff, Scotland, hij was toen 24 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. James Strachan  1726-???? 
2. Barbara Strachan  < 1727-1795 
3. William Abraham Alexander Strachan  < 1729-± 1812 
4. Margaret Strachan  1732-1804 
5. Sophia Strachan  < 1733-1781 

Notities over Baronet Alexander Strachan

<p>On the gravestone in Banff Churchyard: Here lie interred the bodies of Alexander Strachan, merchant and postmaster in Banff, who died May 2th, 1768, aged 72 years, and Margaret Robertson, his spouse, who died January 13th, 1764, aged 64 years. And William McKelligin, their grandchild, and son to George McKelligin, shipmaster in Banff, who died June 22nd, 1765, aged 1 year and 10 months. Life how short. Eternity how long. And Barbara McKelligin, another of their grandchildren, by the said George McKelligin, who died 1st of Dec, 1774, aged three years and two months. NOTE: merchant( koopman )and postmaster in Banff.</p> <p> </p> <p>"Three years later, on 7th April 1741, the Justices considering that they have not as yet named constables in the county to execute their warrands and doe office incumbent on constables, which is frequently a loss to the Hedges, they therefore doe hereby name and appoynt following as constables persons to the Justices within this County, vizt.; James Longmuir in Portsoy, John Reed in Miln of Burn, Peter Wood in Muir of Glassa and John Davidson at Miln of Towie, all in ffordyce parish; George Robieson in Bankanentim and <strong><em>Jo Strachan at Burnmouth in the parish of Cullen</em></strong>; David Wilson in Gardenhead of Park and John Coupland in Park, in the parish of Ordiewhill ; Robert Gumming in Raws of Banff, George Gairden at Blairshinnoch and George Miln in Paddocklaw in Banff parish; Alexr. Miln at Miln of Alva, John Rudieman in Boig of Monblairy and James Wilson in Newtoun in Alva parish; Thomas Robertson in Scotstoun and George Webster in Kirktoun in fforglane parish; John Miln in Monblaiton, <strong><em>Alexr. Strachan in ffinnon</em></strong&;gt; and John Piper in Oldtown of Melross in Gamrie parish, w' full power to them."<br /><br /><em>from <span>Records of the County of Banff</span></em><br /><br />"1742. <br /><br />February 1. — The provost reported that there was interest being made to have Alexander Strachan, merchant, late Postmaster, again settled in that office. The Council are of opinion that the office cannot be in better hands than at present, and they recommend the Magistrates to write the General Postmaster to that effect, and as Mr. Strachan's conduct when he was Postmaster was far from being agreeable to the town -he was suspected of useing the freedome to make open people's letters, and there seemed to be a general clamour against him on that account- that the Magistrates take proof if he is guilty of the crimes laid to his charge."<br /><br />"In 1743 an unfortunate occurrence happened in the town, whereby a citizen lost his life, or, as the precognition bears, ' was murdered.' On 7th December some goods had been seized by the Customs officials and conveyed from the Shore to a cellar in the house of Alexander Strachan, merchant and postmaster. George Loban, landwaiter of the Customs at Aberdeen, fearing an attempt at recapturing the goods, applied for a party from the officer commanding at Cullen. Accordingly Joseph Ball, Sergeant in Colonel De Grange's Regiment, with ten men, were sent to aid Loban. Some soldiers of Sergeant Walker's Company were also in Banff at the time. About one o'clock next morning a mob appeared before Alexander Strachan's house and remained there for four hours, during which time they threw stones at the soldiers. Ball had been warned by his Officer not to order his men to fire. Hector M'Kenzie, workman, however, was shot, as he was approaching the sentries between five and six o'clock A.M. with the butt end of a broken halbert, certain others of the mob following him. A witness said he heard a soldier say he had dropt a man and it was agreed not to speak of it M'Kenzie's relict, Mary Fraser, deponed that he was designedly aimed at and shot by George Loban or by Joseph Ball, or by some one of the soldiers. John Cruickshank, who lived on the east side of the street opposite Strachan's house, stated that one ball went into his house and seven shots grazed the wall of the house. An important letter from His Majesty's Solicitor in connection with this case had a fate not singular in those days. It was despatched from Edinburgh 20th December, 1742, and arrived at Banff at 6 o'clock on the evening of 3rd January, 1743. The express stated that he lay sick ten days on the road. About this time affairs were not in a very settled state either by land or sea, as...extracts from the Burgh Accounts show..."<br /><br /><em>extracts from <span>The Annals of Banff</span></em> <a href="http://www.patrickspeople.scot/not%20family/771.htm#2">²</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3 class="note_type">Individual Note</h3> <div class="fiche-note-ind">overlijden: (384) Here lie interred the bodies of Alexander Strachan, merchant and postmaster in Banff, who died May 2th, 1768, aged 72 years, and Margaret Robertson, his spouse, who died January 13th, 1764, aged 64 years. And William McKelligin, their grandchild, and son to George McKelligin, shipmaster in Banff, who died June 22nd, 1765, aged 1 year and 10 months. Life how short. Eternity how long. And Barbara McKelligin, another of their grandchildren, by the said George McKelligin, who died 1st of Dec, 1774, aged three years and two months.<br />NOTE: merchant( koopman )and postmaster in Banff<br /><br />The last seat of the chief of Clan Strachan was at Thornton Castle.<br /><br />The original Chief of Clan Strachan were the 'de Strachan' barons, whose lands included much of what is now the Royal Deeside area of the Grampian Highlands. In 1296, the barons ?de Strachan? were important local nobles until this time, when they backed the Earls of Buchan and Comyn (to whom they were probably related) in support of King John Balliol against Robert the Bruce. This culminated in the Battle of Inverurie in 1308, by whom they were defeated by the Bruce and disinherited. The barony 'de Strachan' passed to Bruce?s Great Chamberlain, Sir Alexander Fraser.<br /><br />Fifty years later, at around 1350, shortly after King Robert?s son and successor, David II, had been defeated and captured by the English, 1341, at the battle of Neville's Cross six descendants of the former Baron de Strachan received grants of lands and baronetcies.<br /><br />Overlijden: Scottish: habitational name from a place in the parish of Banchory, Kincardineshire, which is first recorded in 1153 in the form Strateyhan, and is perhaps named from Gaelic srath ?valley? + eachain, genitive case of eachan ?foal?. The pronunciation is traditionally ?Strawn?.&;lt;br /><br /></div> <p><span>FAMS Uur: 13:58:38</span> </p>

Strachan

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lass="MsoNormal">The Clan Strachan warcry/slogan is Clachnaben!

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rgin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In the year 1200, Walderus de Stratheihen made a grant of lands to the church of St Andrews.

: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">John, son of Rudolph de Strachane, gave the lands to the Abbey of Dunfermline which was confirmed by a charter of King Alexander III of Scotland in 1278.

Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The barony of Strachan and the lands of Feteresso passed to the Clan Keith family from the Strachans by marriage, in the reign of King David II of Scotland, but Sir James Strachan of Monboddo obtained the lands of Thornton in Kincardine. He had two sons the elder, Duncan, took the lands of Monboddo, while the younger had the lands of Thornton.

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="EN-US">Sir Alexander Strachan of Thornton was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia by King Charles I in 1625. The baronetcy passed in to the senior line of Monboddo by a charter under the great seal in 1663.

Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">During the Civil War the chief, Colonel Alexander Strachan led a body of dragoons from Clan Strachan at the Battle of Carbisdale in 1650, where he held command under General Sir David Leslie on the side of the Covenanters. They were victorious against the Royalist army of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.

rmal">In 1654, Chief Sir James Strachan, 3rd baronet and 17th laird married his 16 year old cousin Elizabeth Forbes of Waterton. Their son James Strachan married Barbara Forbes of Newton. He led the clan at the Battle of Killiecrankie on the side of John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee where he was killed. After his death to the estate passed into the successive ownership of three Forbes lairds and, in 1720, to Thomas Fullerton of Gallery, the initials of whose son, Phillip (Beau) Fullerton of the Dragoon Guards and of his wife Katharine Scott of Benholm embellish the gilded weather-vane on the keep.

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-serif; font-size: 14px;">In the 19th century, during the Napoleonic Wars, Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, 6th baronet from the direct line of the chieftenship of the Clan Strachan, commanded a squadron. On 2 November 1805, his squadron engaged four French battleships that had escaped from Lord Nelson’s triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar. Sir Richard captured all four French vessels with little loss of British life. He was created a Knight of the Bath and in 1810 was granted freedom of the City of London.

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or: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The chieftenship of Clan Strachan and title of the barony of Strachan became dormant in 1854, therefore it is currently an Armigerous clan. The Clan Strachan Societyofficially recognizes Ben Strachanas current Patron of the Armigerous Clan Strachan. Ben is the proprietor of the Mill of Strachan, located on the west end of the village of Strachan, Kincardineshire.

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sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The last seat of the chief of Clan Strachan was at Thornton Castle.

>The original Chief of Clan Strachan were the ‘de Strachan’ barons, whose lands included much of what is now the Royal Deeside area of the Grampian Highlands. In 1296, the barons ‘de Strachan’ were important local nobles until this time, when they backed the Earls of Buchan and Comyn (to whom they were probably related) in support of King John Balliol against Robert the Bruce. This culminated in the Battle of Inverurie in 1308, by whom they were defeated by the Bruce and disinherited. The barony ‘de Strachan’ passed to Bruce’s Great Chamberlain, Sir Alexander Fraser.

color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fifty years later, at around 1350, shortly after King Robert’s son and successor, David II, had been defeated and captured by the English, 1341, at the battle of Neville’s Cross six descendants of the former Baron de Strachan received grants of lands and baronetcies.

n lang="EN-US">• House of Glenkindie: Adam Strachan was granted lands in Aberdeenshire from William Keith (1350). William Keith had inherited the barony of Strachan through his mother, the daughter of Sir Alexander Fraser and niece of King Robert I. Adam Strachan also married the Daughter of the Earl of Mar, Margaret Mar, and gained the lands and baronetcy of Glenkindie. As a result of this marriage between the Strachan of Glenkindie and the Earldom of Mar, Strachans may wear the Tribe of Mar tartan. Additionally, as the Earldom of Mar were related to the King Robert the Bruce, descendants from this marriage would no doubt have royal blood. Glenkindie House

33333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• House of Thornton: In 1348, seven years before Adam Strachan obtained Glenkindie, a Sir James Strachan of Monboddo married Agnete, heiress of the Barony of Thornton, which had been granted to her father by Robert I in 1309. From thenceforth, the Strachans of Thornton and the Strachans of Glenkindie became the two principal chieftains of the Strachan family. Thornton Castle lies about 15 miles to the south of the village of Strachan and Glenkindie House lies about 30 miles to its north. Thornton Castle

14px;">• House of Carmyllie: Alexander de Strachan granted the barony of Carmylie in Forfarshire (1347) by Sir Henry Maule (or Mauld) of Panmure. Also received the lands of Drummayeth, Hackmangerum, Acheyclare, and Moncur. Carmyllie Castle

in: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• House of Lenturk: Sir John de Strachan was granted the barony of Lenturk in Aberdeenshire (1350 possibly by the Earl of Mar, as his lands were situated quite near to the Earl of Mar’s fortress, Kildrummy Castle). In 1359, Sir John became Viscount (Sheriff) of Forfarshire. In official documents of the time, we find him listed as a witness to the installation of John of Mar as Bishop of Aberdeen and, to another charter, as co-witness with William Keith, the Earl Marshall. In 1380, the granted the lands of Petgervy to his son Galfrid. Lenturk Castle

0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• ~ 1347, King David II himself granted to Donald de Strachan and his wife Annabel very extensive lands in Forfarshire, and a barony in Aberdeenshire.

0px 10px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• Thomas de Strachan got the lands of Knock in Kincardineshire.

, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is highly unlikely this is a coincidence, as all these grants occurred almost simultaneously, particularly as they involved marriages, and marriages amongst the nobility were almost invariably political. It follows that there must have been some new motivation that made marriage with the Strachans politically desirable.

14px;">It is believed that the former Baron de Strachan was one of the large numbers of pro-Balliol nobles who, after the Battle of Inverurie (1308) fled to the English court, and where they were known as “the disinherited.” But in 1347, King David, honoring obligations under the Franco-Scottish alliance, invaded the north of England, were heavily defeated, and captured by the English. So, from the perspective of “the disinherited,” here was the son of the man (King Robert the Bruce) who had disinherited them arriving captive in London. If one King could disinherit them, why should not another? With a little persuasion King David reinstated the Strachans, among others.

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14px;">Non timeo sed caveo (I fear not but am cautious)

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font-size: 14px;">Clan Strachan Tartan, ITI No. 002601 (shown below)

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