Chiefs of Clan Buchanan

• 14th – Walter Buchanan,[75][76] (Guthrie Smith identifies him as 8th Chief and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 15th Chief) married Isobel Graham and by her four sons: 1) (Patrick [Guthrie Smith identifies him as 9th Chief but then goes on to advise that the Chiefship passed from Patrick’s father to Patrick’s son[77]and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 16th Chief[76] ] who married the daughter of the Earl of Argyle and by her had George who succeeded his grandfather;2)John first ancestor of cadets of Arnprior;3)Maurice; and 4) Walter first ancestor of cadets of Spittal); and two daughters (Margaret and Elizabeth).
• 15th – George Buchanan,[76][77] (Guthrie Smith identifies him as 10th Chief and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 17th Chief) succeed his grandfather, Walter 14th of Buchanan, in 1526 and died 1560. He first married Margaret Edmonstone and by her a son (John [Guthrie Smith identifies him as 11th Chief but then goes on to advise that the Chiefship passed from John’s father to John’s son[78] and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 18th Chief[79 who married Elizabeth Livingston and by her had George[79] who succeeded his grandfather) and two daughters (Helen and Susanna). Second he married Janet Cunningham and by her had a son (William first ancestor of the cadets of Auchmar) and a daughter (Margaret).
• 16th – Sir George Buchanan,[78][79] (Guthrie Smith identifies him as 12th Chief and Buchanan of Auchmar identifies him as 19th Chief) succeed his grandfather, George 15th of Buchanan, in 1561, married Lady Mary Graham and by her one son (John his successor) and two daughters (Helen and Susanna). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Buchanan

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• There is a large line HERE on Stirnet
• Strathendrick and Its Inhabitants from Early Times: An Account of the Parishes of Fintry, Balfron, Killearn, Drymen, Buchanan, and Kilmaronock (Google eBook) John Guthrie Smith J. Maclehose and sons, 1896 - Endrick River Valley - 410 pages. Chapter XXVl. Page 368. "The Buchanans of Spittal."

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I. Walter Buchanan, of Easter Catter, said by Auchmar to have been the son of Patrick, second of that name, 16th Laird of Buchanan, but by others to have been the son of Walter Buchanan of Buchanan. This Walter Buchanan, First Laird of Spittal, married Isabel Cimningham, daughter of the ist Earl of Glencaim. He acquired the lands of Spittal in 1519, those of Arrochymore in 1530, and those of Blairvockie (Blairwoky or Blairvoky^) in 1535.