 86).Elizabeth de Quincy married Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and if the thesis of a family blood-tie is accurate, it would have made Strachan of the Ilk blood related to the Alexander and Elizabeth's son, John Comyn, Earl of Buchan.In 1264, Ranulf de Strachan was appointed Viscount (Sheriff) of Banffshire (a county North of Aberdeenshire) in succession of Alexander Comyn, the Earl of Buchan.