George Mackenzie (abt. 1702 - 1766)

Born about 1702 in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Gordon) Mackenzie — married 23 Sep 1724 (to 1766) in Invergordon, Scotland

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1766 at about age 64 in Soho Square, London, England

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Biography

George Mackenzie is a member of Clan MacKenzie.

George Mackenzie was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

George Mackenzie (3rd Earl of Cromarty (c.1703-1766)) was born in 1701 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. He was the son of John Mackenzie (2nd Earl of Cromarty) and his wife Mary Murray.

He was baptised on 14 September 1701 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Cromarty on 20 February 1730/31. He fought in the Jacobite rebellion, commanding a brigade at the the Battle of Falkirk Muir and on 15 April 1746 at Dunrobin, Scotland, he was taken prisoner^[1]. He was taken with other prisoners from Dunrobin Castle to Inverness, and thence transported on the ship-of-war Hood to London where he was prisoner in the Tower until his trial^[2].

On 28 July 1746 he was tried and sentenced to death, but he obtained a conditional pardon although his peerage was forfeited, allegedly because his wife was heavily pregnant.

He died in poverty on 28 September 1766 in Soho Square, London, England.

Marriage

George Mackenzie was married to Isabel Gordon the daughter of Sir William Gordon of Invergordon, 1st Baronet, and his wife Christian Hamilton, on 21 June 1724 in the Parish of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Children

Children of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromarty and his wife Isabel Gordon;

• 1. Lady Isabella Mackenzie. b. c 1725 - d. 28 Dec 1801.

• 2. Lady Anne Mackenzie. b. c. 1726. - d. 18 Jan 1768.

• 3. Maj.-Gen. John Mackenzie. Lord MacLeod b. 1727, d. 2 Apr 1789.

• 4. Lady Mary Mackenzie. b. c. 1730. - d. ?

• 5. Hon. William Mackenzie. b. c 1733, d. 1736.

• 6. Lady Caroline Mackenzie. b. 6 May 1736, d. 3 Oct 1791.

• 7. Lt.-Col. George Mackenzie. b. 1741 in Tarbat House, Ross-shire, Scotland. - d. 1787 Walabajad, India.

• 8. Lady Margaret Mackenzie. b. abt. 1746. - d. 29 Mar 1773.

• 9. Lady Augusta Mackenzie. b. c 1747, d. 20 Jan 1809.

• 10. Lady Amelia Mackenzie, who died young.

• 11. Lady Jean Mackenzie, who died young.

Research Notes

The conjectured identification of George with an unnamed child to John Mckenzie and baptized in Comrie on 14 September 1701^[3] maybe be uncertain. The following page in the Register records the baptism of a child John Mckenzie born to John Mckenzie and Anna Drummond in the following year. If these two fathers are the same man then the first baptism cannot record that of George. George's mother was Mary Murray, eldest daughter of Patrick, third Lord Elibank. He had no recorded brother named John. Balfour has his birth occurring in 1702.

Name: George, 3rd Earl Cromartie, Lord Tarbat Mackenzie. Given Name: George, 3rd Earl Cromartie, Lord Tarbat. Surname: Mackenzie. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Sources

1. ↑ The Great Historic Families of Scotland / James Taylor 2nd ed. [2v.] London: JS Virtue, 1889. "The Mackenzies of Cromartie" Vol. I. p. 206 online at Internet Archive accessed 4 Dec 2021
2. ↑ Fraser, William The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence Edinburgh: sp, 1876 available National Library of Scotland Vol. 1 p. ccix-ccxxiii accessed 4 Dec 2021
3. ↑ Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 4 Dec 2021), [unnamed child of unspecified gender] Mckenzie 14 Sep 1701, Comrie; citing Parish Number 371, Reference Number: 10 17

• Birth. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1NJ-GMG : 2 January 2015), Mckenzie, 14 Sep 1701; citing COMRIE,PERTH,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,075.

• Marriage. "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMC-S5X : 8 December 2014), George Earl Of Cromartie Mackenzie and Isabella Gordon, 21 Jun 1724; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,689.

• Birth of Child 9. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQBK-19Q : 30 December 2014, George Mackenzie in entry for Augusta Mackenzie, 30 Jul 1747); citing OLD JEWRY PRESBYTERIAN,LONDON,LONDON,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0825327 (RG4 4408).

• Fraser, William The Earls of Cromartie; their kindred, country, and correspondence Edinburgh: sp, 1876. 2 v. available National Library of Scotland Chapter "George Third Earl of Cromartie" p. ccxi ff.

• Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905, Vol. III, Archive.org p. 78ff.

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• wikipedia:George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie

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