Sir Roderick MacKenzie
b: BEF 1609
d: 1625
Biography
!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
Scotland, 1716, pp. 87, 88.
MACKENZIE, EARL OF CROMARTY.
This Family has its Descent from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, second Son of
Sir Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, by Barbara his Wife, Daughter of James
Grant of that Ilk, which Sir Roderick being a Person of singular Courage
and Conduct was very Instrumental in civilizing the Northern Parts,
especially in Ross Shire, in Recompence of which acceptable Service
King James VI. conferred on him the Honour of Knighthood, and gave him
several lands then in the Crown by Forfeiture. He married Margaret,
Daughter and Heir of Torquill Macleod of the Lewes, whereupon he added
to his Arms Or, a Mountain in a flame Azure and Gules, and departing this
Life, Anno 1625, left Issue by the said Margaret his Wife.
!SOURCE: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1798, p. 385.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE
OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1798, p. 396.
Sir Robert Mackenzie of Tarbat and Coigach, second son of Colin
eleventh baron of Kintail, by Barbara his wife, daughter of John Grant of
that ilk, made a considerable figure in the reign of king James VI. from
whom he had several charters under the great seal, of different lands
and baronies.
He married Margaret, daughter of Torquil MacLeod of Lewes, by whom he
had several children.
1. Sir John his successor, progenitor of the Earls of Cromarty.
2. Kenneth, the first of this family [MacKenzie of Scatwell].
For the other children, vide PEERAGE, page 167.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, THE PEERAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1813, p. 480.
2. Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Tarbat, ancestor of the Earls of Cromarty.
!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
1716, p. 87.
MACKENZIE, EARL OF CROMARTY
This family has its descent from Sir Roderick MacKenzie, second Son of
Sir Colin MacKenzie of Kintail, by Barbara his Wife, Daughter of James
Grant of that Ilk, which Sir Roderick being a person of singular Courage
and Conduct was very Instrumental in civilizing the Northern Parts,
especially in Ross Shire, in Recompence of which acceptable Service
King James VI. conferred on him the Honour of Knighthood, and gave him
several Lands then in the Crown by Forfeiture. He married Margaret,
Daughter and Heir of Torquill Macleod of the Lewes, whereupon he added
to his Arms Or, a Mountain in flame Azure and Gules, and departing this
life, Anno 1625, left Issue by the said Margaret his wife
1. Sir John his Successor.
2d. Sir Kenneth of Scatwell,
3d. Colin.
4th. Alexander of Baloon
5th. Margaret, married to Sir James MackDonald of Slate, Baronet, and
had Issue.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, Revised Edition, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh,
Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, 1990, p. 8.
Tutor of Kintail, knighted in 1609.
Facts
  • BEF 1609 - Birth -
  • 1625 - Death -
  • Nobility Title - of Tarbat
Ancestors
   
Kenneth MacKenzie
BEF 1543 - 6 JUN 1568
 
 
Sir Colin MacKenzie
BEF 1574 - 14 JUN 1594
  
  
  
 
Sir Roderick MacKenzie
BEF 1609 - 1625
  
 
  
 
   
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Sir Colin MacKenzie
BirthBEF 1574
Death14 JUN 1594
Marriageto Barbara Grant
Marriageto Mary MacKenzie
FatherKenneth MacKenzie
MotherIsabel Stewart
PARENT (F) Barbara Grant
Birth
Death
Marriageto Sir Colin MacKenzie
FatherJames Grant
Mother?
CHILDREN
MKenneth MacKenzie
BirthBEF 1594
Death15 APR 1633
Marriageto Isabel Ogilvie
Marriageto Anne Ross
MSir Roderick MacKenzie
BirthBEF 1609
Death1625
MColin MacKenzie
Birth
Death
MAlexander MacKenzie
BirthBEF 1618
Death
Marriageto Jean Fraser
FMargaret MacKenzie
Birth
Death
Marriageto Simon
FMacKenzie
Birth
Death
Marriageto Lachlan MacLean
FMary MacKenzie
Birth
Death
Marriageto Donald MacDonald