Andrew
Buchanan
Born about in Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of George Buchanan Esq.
and Mary (Maxwell) Buchanan
Brother of
George Buchanan
Husband of
Marion (Mountgomery) Buchanan
— married
30 Jan 1723 in Glasgow
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Buchanan) Stirling and George Buchanan
Died
at about age 69
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Nov 2022
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Biography
Andrew Buchanan was born in 1690 in Glasgow. He was christened on 29 January 1691 at Glasgow[1] .
His parents were George Buchanan and Mary Maxwell[2]
He married Marrion Mountgomery on 30 January 1723 in Glasgow[3]
Andrew was a merchant in Glasgow with tobacco plantations in Virginia , it is thought he owned up to 300 slaves and in 1723 became Glasgow's largest importer of tobacco owning five ships. Andrew’s other business interests included the King Street sugar house in Glasgow, linen works, ropeworks and a sailcloth factory. He was also one of the founders of the Ship Bank in Glasgow in 1749.[4]His name was removed from a Wharf Development after a petition in 2020[5], He was dean of Guild in 1728 & 1729 and Provost of Glasgow in 1740 and 1741[6]
He died on 20th December 1759 and is buried in Ramshorn Graveyard Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland[7][8]
Wikipedia Entry[9]
There is an image of Andrew in the National Gallery of Scotland[10]
Sources
- ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSJ-V4P
- ↑ Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSJ-V4P
- ↑ BUCHANAN ANDREW MARRION MOUNTGOMERY/ 30/01/1723 644 / 1 240 / 230 GLASGOW Scotands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
- ↑ Glasgow Benefactors https://glasgowbenefactors.com/category/tobacco-lord/
- ↑ Daily Mail Article https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8403045/Barclays-Bank-removes-slave-owning-tobacco-lord-Andrew-Buchanan-new-HQ-Glasgow.html
- ↑ page 19 https://archive.org/details/exhibitionillust00glas/page/19/mode/1up?view=theater&q=buchanan
- ↑ Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182331218/andrew-buchanan
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Buchanan_of_Drumpellier
- ↑ https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/114517/0/andrew-buchanan-drumpelier-merchant-and-lord-provost-glasgow-1690-1759
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