!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.
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.
- BEF 1609 - Birth -
- 1625 - Death -
- Nobility Title - of Tarbat
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PARENT (M) Sir Colin MacKenzie | |||
Birth | BEF 1574 | ||
Death | 14 JUN 1594 | ||
Marriage | to Barbara Grant | ||
Marriage | to Mary MacKenzie | ||
Father | Kenneth MacKenzie | ||
Mother | Isabel Stewart | ||
PARENT (F) Barbara Grant | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Sir Colin MacKenzie | ||
Father | James Grant | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Kenneth MacKenzie | ||
Birth | BEF 1594 | ||
Death | 15 APR 1633 | ||
Marriage | to Isabel Ogilvie | ||
Marriage | to Anne Ross | ||
M | Sir Roderick MacKenzie | ||
Birth | BEF 1609 | ||
Death | 1625 | ||
M | Colin MacKenzie | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
M | Alexander MacKenzie | ||
Birth | BEF 1618 | ||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Jean Fraser | ||
F | Margaret MacKenzie | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Simon | ||
F | MacKenzie | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Lachlan MacLean | ||
F | Mary MacKenzie | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Donald MacDonald |