Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose (1717 – 18 October 1761)[1] was a Scottish politician and (by right of his ancestry) Chief of the HighlandClan Mackenzie.
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose, poss. by Cosmo Alexander. Cushing House Collection, The Stoermer Family Trust.
Origins
Kenneth Mackenzie's mother Mary (pictured) was the only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Kennet of Coxhoe.
Mackenzie was the eldest son of William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth (died 1740) by his wife Mary, only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Kennet of Coxhow [Coxhoe in Kelloe parish, County Durham[2]]. His father had taken part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and had forfeited his estates and title under the Act of Attainder of 1716.[3]
Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth (15 January 1744 – 27 August 1781), who married, first, Lady Caroline Stanhope and, second, Harriet Lamb; he had one child from his first marriage.
Margaret Mackenzie, who married (4 June 1785) William Webb, no known children.
Mary Mackenzie (died 29 January 1826), who married Henry Howard and had one child.[1]
Agnes Mackenzie, who married J. Douglas, one child.
Catherine Mackenzie, who married (1 March 1773) Thomas Griffin Tarpley, had at least one child.
Frances Mackenzie, who married Joseph Wall (later hanged for flogging soldiers to death), had children.
Euphemia Mackenzie (25 January 1751 – 14 February 1817), who married William Stewart of Castle Stewart and had children.[1][5]
