FARQUHARSON, Charles SJ, in Bavaria the chaplain in Jacobite Army 1745, Reverend Mr ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Charles Farquharson, born on 3rd March 1713, was the fifth son of Lewis and Margaret Farquharson. He was laird of Auchindryne, beside the Castletown of Braemar, and she was the daughter of his cousin Alexander Farquharson of Allanquoich. Charles was educated at the Scots College Madrid and at Douai before becoming a Jesuit in Bavaria. He returned to Scotland in the fateful year of 1745 and served as a chaplain in the Jacobite army. After being released from a prison hulk in the Thames he returned to Deeside. There, thanks to his friendship with the Earl of Fife, he was able to minister with a certain amount of freedom in Glengairn and then Braemar, based at Ardearg."

from Ardearg




"Farquharson, Rev Charles

Youngest son of Lewis Farquharson of Auchindryne and Margaret Farquharson of Allanaquoich, born in 1713. He became a Jesuit priest and was a renowned physician. Died at Ardearg, 30 Nov 1799, aged 86"

from Jacobites of North East Scotland 1745 ^{1 2}

  Research Notes:

FURTHER INFORMATION

"Over the years Father Gerald Fitzgibbon S.J., who was born in Aboyne and loves to return, has been interested in the Jesuit Farquharson brothers. Canon Sandy MacWilliam covered the early period very well in his 1973 article for The Innes Review, 'The Jesuit Mission in upper Deeside, 16711737'."

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