In 1867 Sir Robert was appointed Premier of the Executive Council
and Colonial Treasurer of Queensland, having previously held the
offices of Colonial Secretary and Treasurer. He died on the 19th
of September, 1873, when he was succeeded by his only son,
XI. SIR ARTHUR GEORGE RAMSAY-MACKENZIE, eleventh and present
Baronet of Coul. He was born on the 2nd of May, 1866, and is
still unmarried.
THE MACKENZIES OF TORRIDON.
I. SIMON MACKENZIE, first of Torridon and Lentran, was second
son of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, first Baronet of Coul, by his first
wife, Jean, daughter of Alexander Chisholm, XIX. of Chisholm. He
has a sasine of the half of Arcan on disposition in 1697. He
married Catharine, daughter of John Mackenzie, II. of Applecross.
She has a sasine in 1672 and another in 1694. By her he had
issue -
1. Kenneth, his heir and successor.
2. Alexander, I. of Lentran, Tarradale, and Rhindoun, who married,
first, Anne, daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, IV. of Applecross (sasine
1745), with issue - (l) Alexander, who died young; (2) Roderick of
Tarradale, a Captain in Marjoribanks' Regiments, killed in America,
without issue; (3) John Mackenzie of Arcan, secretary to the Highland
Society of London, so well known as "John Mackenzie of the Temple,"
and intimately connected with the editing and publication of
Macpherson's Gaelic Ossian.
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