Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of Grandvale and Cromarty, first Baronet
of this re-grant, having died in 1729, the dignity was enjoyed
by his eldest son, Sir George, second Baronet, who died without
issue in 1748, and afterwards by his youngest son, Sir Kenneth,
third Baronet, who died at Tam in 1763, also without issue. At
this Sir Kenneth's death, it is clear that the succession would,
under the patent of 1704, then devolve upon his heir male, George,
the attainted third Earl of Cromarty, who survived all the male
descendants of the patentee, but whose honours, having been
attainted in 1746, had been restored by the pardon granted to him
under the Great Seal on the 20th of October, 1749. Thus was this
Baronetcy absorbed a second time in the Earldom of Cromarty. Nor
does it appear that it was ever assumed by George, the third Earl
(who died in Poland Street, London, on the 29th of September,
1766), nor by his son Lord Macleod, who obtained a pardon dated
the 26th of January, 1748, and with whom, who died without issue,
on the 2nd of April, 1789, ended the direct line both of the
Earldom and of the Baronetcy.
The succession then opened to his cousin, Captain Mackenzie of
Cromarty, who obtained the estates; but he also died without issue
in 1796, without having assumed either title.
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