Kenneth MACKENZIE (I Lord Kintail)

BIRTH: BEF 1594
DEATH: 15 APR 1633

REFERENCE: 52

Father: Sir Colin MACKENZIE
Mother: Barbara GRANT

Family 1: Anne ROSS

                                                                _Sir Kenneth MACKENZIE _
                                             _John MACKENZIE __|_Agnes LOVAT ___________
                        _Kenneth MACKENZIE _|
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 _Sir Colin MACKENZIE _|
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|--Kenneth MACKENZIE 
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|_Barbara GRANT _______|
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!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 issueŠ. 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.

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