Sir Alexander Mackenzie Of Royston Tarbat Cromarty And Skye

Author : Paul Mackenzie
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ISBN 13 : 9781456487454
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE of ROYSTON TARBAT CROMARTY and SKYE written by Paul Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal archived material from Scottish Record Office Edinburgh Deeds Saines Land records Court Chancery Service of Heirs Retours Military papers on Alexander Mackenzie of Tarbat Skye Cromarty RoystonTHE BRITISH HERALD OR CABINET OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS MACKENZIE SIR ALEXANDER N.S. BART. TARBAT, CO. OF CROMARTY; BORN 16 MAY 1802; SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE, AS THIRD BART. 3 OCTOBER 1826. CREATION, 8 FEBRUARY 1704, WITH PRECEDENCY OF 31 MAY 1628, RESIDENCE, AT PRESENT IN INDIA, IN THE EAST INDIA COMPANY`S MILITARY SERVICE PER PALE, OR AND SS,; IN THE DEXTER A MOUNTAIN OF THE SECOND,INFLAMED, FOR MCLEOD, OF LEWIS ; IN THE SINISTER A DEERS HEAD, CABOSSED OF THE FIRST, AS LINERALLY DESCENDED OF A BROTHER OF THE EARL OF SEAFORTH BY THE NAME OF MCKENZIE; OVER ALL,DIVIDING THE SAID TWO COATS, A PALESS,CHARCHED WITH AN IMPERIAL CROWN PPR.; AS BEING CADET OF THE EARL OF KELLIE, BY HIS MOTHER, WHO WAS BERETRIX TO SIR GEORGE ERSKINE, BROTHER OF THE SAID EARL,---CREST, A MOUNTAIN INFLAMED. SUPPORTERS, DEXTER, A NAKED SAVAGE, BEARING ON HIS SHOULDERS A BATON PPR,; SINISTER, A GREY HOUND AR, COLLARED GU, MOTTO, IN S SCROLL ABOVE, LUCCO NON URO Sir Alexander Erskine, 2nd Bart of Cambo (b 1663, d 1727, LYON KING OF ARMS) ... Anna Erksine (dau of Alexander Erskine, 3rd Earl of Kellie) CHARLES (ERSKINE), EARL OF KELLIE, cousin and h. male, being 3rd s. of Sir Charles Erskine, 6th Bart. of Cambo, co. Fife, by Margaret, dau. of John Chiene, which Sir Charles (d. 6 Mar. 1790) was s. and h. of David Erskine, Lyon Depute (d 7 Oct. 1769), who (being yr. br. to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Barts., all of whom d. unm.) was 6th s. of Sir Alexander Erskine, 2nd Bart. LYON KING OF ARMS (d. 1727), s. and h. of Sir Charles Erskine, cr. a Baronet, 20 Aug. 1666, Lyon King of Arms (d. Sep. 1677), who was yr. br. of the 2nd and 3rd Earls, being 3rd s. of Alexander Erskine, styled Viscount Fentoun, only s. and h. ap. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Kellie. He was b. about 1764; was sometime Capt. in the Fifeshire Light Dragoons. He suc. to the Baronetcy on the death of his elder br., Sir William Erskine, 7th Bart., 2 Oct. 1791. He d. unm., aged 35, at Folkestone, Kent, 28 Oct., and was bur. 9 Nov. 1799, in the church there. M.I. HISTORY OF THE MACKENZIES (WEBSTER'S) TAKING THE TERM HAREDIBUS MASCULIS ACCORDING TO THE OPINION OF J. RIDDELL,THE WELL KNOWN ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR IN THE SENSE OF OUR LAW AND EQUIVALENT TO HEIRS MALE WHATSOEVER THE REPRESENTATION OF THE TARBAT BARONETCY WOULD THEN REVERT TO THE BROTHERS OF GEORGE 1ST EARL OF CROMARTY THE NEXT OF WHOM WAS RODERICK LORD PRESTONHALL BUT HERE AGAIN THE FATALITY TO HEIRS MALE WHICH HAS DOGGED THE STEPS OF THE CROMARTY TITLES IN SO EXTRAORDINARY A MANNER ENDED THE SUCCESSION IN THE CHILDREN OF HIS SON ALEXANDER OF FRASERDALE RIDDELL IN HIS OPINION UPON THE RIVIVAL OF 1826 SAYS I CERTAINLY SAW PROOF OF THE MALE EXTINCTION OF THE PRESTONHALL BRANCH SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT IS IN ONE OF THE LOVAT ACTIONS OF FRASERDALE OR MCLEOD OF MCLEOD AND AFTER THAT FAMILY THE SUCCESSION OF DESCENDENTS OF ALEXANDER OF ARDLOCH FOURTH SON OF SIR JOHN MACKENZIE OF TARBAT WAS PROVED IN SERVICE AT TAIN ROSSHIRE ON 30 OCTOBER 1826 IN PERSON OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ALEXANDER MACKENZIE HEIR MALE OF TARBAT CROMARTY GRANDVILLE ROYSTON ELDEST SON OF COLONEL ROBERT MACKENZIE OF MILNMOUNT DIED 1809. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL AND MONTHLY REGISTER FOR BRITISH AND FOREIGN INDIA... 48TH NATIVE INFANTRY CAPTAIN AND BREV. MAJOR WILLIAM HOUGH TO BE MAJOR, LIEUTENANT AND BREV. CAPTAIN SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE BARONET TO BE CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY AND ENSIGN F.T. PATERSON TO BE LIEUTENANT FROM THE FIRST MARCH 1840 IN SUCCESSION TO MAJOR R.A. THOMAS RETIRED