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Mackenzie, Alexander, 1833-1898

"History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name"

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Alexander, who died young. (4) Mary, who married Murdoch Mackenzie,
Bailie of Dingwall, without issue. (5) Anne, who married Andrew
Robertson, Provost of Dingwall and Sheriff-Substitute of Ross,
grandson of Colin Robertson of Kindeace, with issue - Anne, who
as his second wife married Sir John Gladstone, Baronet of Fasque,
with issue, among others - the great statesman, the Right Hon.
William Ewart Gladstone of Hawarden, M.P., who as we write is,
in his eighty fifth year for the fourth time Prime Minister of
Great Britain. (6) Fanny, who married John Mackenzie of Kinellan,
with issue - Colin, who died young; Alexander, who married Mary
Macdonald; Margaret, who married Farquhar Matheson and Mary,
Christy, and Janet, all of whom died unmarried. (7) Betsy, who
married a Mr Simpson; and (8) Elizabeth.
Kenneth died before 1738 and was succeeded by his eldest son,
III. JOHN MACKENZIE, third of Torridon. He fought at Culloden,
and is said to have been "one of the prettiest men in Scotland."
The following is from a letter by his grandson, the late Bishop
Mackenzie of Nottingham, dated the 10th of September, 1878, in
answer to a request by the author that he should kindly communicate
anything he knew about his more immediate ancestors:
He led into action the few Mackenzies who fought in that battle.


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