!BIOGRAPHY: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND,
Edinburgh, 1716, p. 436. [CAUTION: His information is confused and
mixed]
Colin was succeeded by Kenneth his Son, who being a Person of great
Spirit and Courage, and of a fair Fortune, his Majesty King James VI. was
pleased to raise him to the Honour of Peerage by the Title of Lord
Mackenzie of Kintail, on the 19th of November 1609, and giving Way to
Fate in March 1611, left Issue by Anne his first Wife, Daughter of George
Ross of Balnagown, Colin his Successor; also Two Daughters, Barbara
married to Donald Lord Rae, and Janet to Sir Donald Mackdonald of Slate,
Baronet, and had Issue; also by Isobel his second Wife, Daughter of
Gilbert Ogilvie of Powrie, he had George thereafter Earl of Seaforth,
Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscarty, Simon Mackenzie of Lochslin, the Father
of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh; and a Daughter Sibella, married to
John M''Leod of That Ilk.
Which Kenneth being a Nobleman of great Parts and signal Loyalty, was
by the special Favour of King James VI. honoured with the Title of Earl of
Seaforth, by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 3d of December 1623. He
marreid Margaret, Daughter of Alexander Earl of Dunfermling, by whom
he had only Two Daughters, jean, married first to John Lord Berindale,
and after to Alexander Lord Duffas; and Anne to Alexander Earl of
Balcarras, and again to Archbald Earl of ARgyle; and dying on the 15th of
April 1633, George his Brother of the Half-Blood succeeded Him in his
Estate and Honour.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE
OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1798, p. 382.
XII. Kenneth MacKenzie of Kintail, the eldest son, had charters of Little
Scattell and other lands, 27th February 1594-5; of the barony of
Pluscardine, of new united into a barony and regality, of the same date;
of the church lands of Cullicudden, &c. with the office of constable of
the bishoprick of Ross, 27th March 1595; of the manor of Pluscardine, to
him and Isobel Ogilvy his wife; 12th March 1607; of the barony of
Lochailsche, including the castle of Strome, the lands of Lochailsche,
Lochcarroun, and Lewis, 17th March 1607, and of Incherorie and others
lands, 15th April 1608. He was created a peer, by the title of Lord
Mackenzie of Kintail, by patent dated 19th November 1609, had charters
to Kenneth, Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, of the ecclesiastical lands of
Cullicudden, 5th June 1610, and of the barony of Lewis, 20th July 1610;
and he died in March 1611. He married, first, Anne, daughter of George
Ross of Balnagowan, and by her had issue….
His Lordship married, secondly, Isabel, daughter of Sir Gilbert Ogilvy of
Pourie, and by her, who took to her second husband the Hon. Sir John
Seton of Barna, and died in September 1618, had issue.
!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, and Alick Morrison, MACLEOD
CHIEFS OF HARRIS AND DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society,
1969, p. 25.