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Dates
Settled Buckland in III 2340 (740 by the Shire-reckoning)
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Originally a Shire-hobbit, he became one of the first Bucklanders
Family
Originally an Oldbuck, but founded the Brandybuck family
Settlements
Brandy Hall
Pronunciation
go'rhendad o'ldbuck
Meaning
Gorhendad means 'great-grandfather'1
Other names
Gorhendad changed his family name from Oldbuck to Brandybuck after settling the lands beyond the Brandywine

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Gorhendad Oldbuck (later Brandybuck)

The founder of Buckland

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Gorhendad
Oldbuck
The Brandybuck Family

Thains of the Shire

Masters of Buckland

The founder of Buckland and of the Brandybuck family (when he crossed the River Brandywine from the Shire, he changed his name from Oldbuck).


Notes

1

'Great-grandfather' seems a strange given name, and given that this Hobbit became the ancestor of a great family, it seems more than likely that he was given the name Gorhendad by later generations of Brandybucks to honour has place as the founder of their clan.

See also...

Brandybuck Family, Buckland, Bucklanders, Deepdelver, Eastmarch of the Shire, Four Farthings, Gormadoc ‘Deepdelver’ Brandybuck, Isumbras Took I, Master of Buckland, Oldbuck Family, Shire-thain, Thain of the Shire, The Marish, Westmarch of the Shire, Zaragamba Family

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