Talk:George Buchanan (soldier)

The Parliaments of Scotland: burgh and shire commissioners
Two snippets from that book both on page 82:

"of that ilk, George
 * On the Committee of Estates 1644. Stirlingshire
 * Commissioner to Parliament 1644-6. Stirlingshire
 * Commissioner to Parliament 1649-51 Stirlingshire

Named "Laird of Buchanan" (P. Ret. 564, 571) but probably George Buchanan yr. of that ilk, s. and h. of Sir John Buchnan of that ilk who was still alive 7 Nov. 1649 (Edin. Burgess Roll). That it was the s. who attended Parliament is borne out by the fact that he was ordained by Parliament in 1645 to leave it and return to his regiment in which there had been disaffection (APS). A Commissioner for the trial of "broken men" 1641 (ibid), his company having served with the Scots army in England (2 RPC vii. 311). Active under the Marquis of Argyll against Montrose, at whose hands the Buchanan estates suffered loss 1645. Refused to support the Engagement (APS). On the committee of War 1643, 1644, 1646, 1648 and 1649 (ibid). A Commissioner for the revaluntion of Stirlingshire 1649 (ibid.). A Col. of Foot 1643 (ibid.). A Col. of Horse 1650 (ibid.). On the Committee of Estates 1650 and 1651 (ibid.). Present at the battle of Dunbar and also at Inverkeithing, where he was taken prisoner and "continued unreleased until his death in 1651" (Buchanan, Buchanan book 185). M. Elizabeth Preston (RMS. viii. 1446). dau. of Sir George Preston of Craigmillar (Buchanan, loc, cit.), and had issue: (i) John (infra (RMS. xi.338); (ii)Helen, m. Sir John Rollo of Bannockburn; (iii) Agnes, m. James Steward of Rosyth (infrs); (iv) Jean, m. John Leckie of the ilk (Guthrie Smith, Strathendrick 289)."

--PBS (talk) 04:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Birth year
The birth year 1546 was added by this edit with the comment "Added birthdate based on genealogical research, and crossreferencing with multiple references". As that would make him 105 years old at the time of his death, he would have reached an extraorinarily old age and basically all of his activities as a soldier would have taken place when he was beyond 100 years old. So if there is not a typo in the year or an error in the genealogical research (like a mix-up with a namesake father or the like) this would be a rather extreme biography. It would be good to state at least one of these "multiple references" so that this extraordinary age can actually be verified by others. Proofreader (talk) 15:06, 31 May 2023 (UTC)