!BIOGRAPHY: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND,
Edinburgh, 1716, p. 436.
Colin his Son, who in the Reign of Queen Mary, after the Troubles broke
out, adhered firmly to that unfortunate Princess, was on her Behalf at
the Battle of Langside, for which he was obliged to take a Remission
from the Regent; but upon King James''s accepting the Government on
himself, he chose this Gentleman to be of his Privy Council, and
committed the quelling of several Insurrections in the Highlands to him,
which he performed with Courage, Dexterity, and Success. He married
first Barbara, Daughter of John Grant of That-Ilk [Earl of Cromarty''s
Essay on the Family of Seaforth.], by whom he had Kenneth, thereafter
Lord Kintail, Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Tarbat, Ancestor to the Earl of
Cromarty, and Colin, of whom the Branch of Kinnock; also Three
Daughters, 1. Margaret married to Simon Lord Lovat, 2 . . . . . to Lauchlan
Maclean of Dewart, 3 . . . . . to Sir Donald Mackdonald of Slate, but had no
Issue.
His second Wife was Mary, Daughter of . . . . . Mackenzie of
Davachmulanack: By her he had a Son Alexander, of whom the Mackenzies
of Applecross, Cowl, and Assint are descended, and departing this Life
the 14th June 1594 [Charta in Cancel. S.D.N.R.] was succceeded by
Kenneth his Son.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, THE PEERAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1813, p. 480.
XI. Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, the eldest son, was engaged on the part
of Queen Mary at the battle of Langside, for which he obtained a
remission, and was a privy-councillor to King James VI. He was served
heir of his father in several lands in the earldom of Ross, October 1574,
and had a charter to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, and Barbara Grant his
wife, of Lochbroyne, and other lands in Inverness-shire, from John Grant
of Fruquhy, 6th November 1572. He had also charters of Kirktoun of
Foddertie, and other lands in the counties of Ross and Inverness, 5th
February 1582-3, and 4th February 1583-4; of the barony of Assint, 20th
January 1592-2, and he died 14th June 1594. He married, first, Barbara,
eldest daughter of John Grant of Grant, by whom he had issue.
!BIOGRAPHY: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1716, pp. 87, 88.
!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
1716, p. 87.