Hector Roy MacKenzie, 1st Laird of Gairloch was born circa 1460 at of Kintail, Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. He married Anne MacDonald, daughter of Ranald Bane MacDonald, 5th Laird of Clanranald & Moidart, circa 1511. Hector Roy MacKenzie, 1st Laird of Gairloch died in 1528 at Scotland
Hector was the son of Alexander Mackenzie, chief of the clan, by his second wife Margaret Macdonald, the daughter of Roderick Macdonald of Clanranald, 3rd of Moidart.
Hector Roy Mackenzie of Gairloch (died 1528) was a prominent member of the Mackenzie clan, who acquired vast estates in and around Gairloch as a result of his services to the Scottish crown and challenged his nephew for the chiefship of the clan.
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The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom|volume= Vol. VII|author= Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor| publisher= D Douglas| publication-place=Edinburgh| year= 1904 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul| repository= archive.org,>MacKenzie Earls of Seaforth, Vol 7, pg 495
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