She died in 1874.
9. Susan Anne Eliza, unmarried.
Sir John died on the 1st of February, 1855, when he was succeeded
by his eldest son,
VI. SIR ALEXANDER MUIR-MACKENZIE, third and present Baronet of
Delvine. He was Captain in the 78th Highlanders and subsequently
Major in the Highland Borderers Infantry Militia. He was born on
the 26th of July, 1840, and on the 21st of February, 1871, married
Frances Rose, sixth daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Seventh
Baronet of Moncrieffe, without issue.
THE MACKENZIES OF GRUINARD.
I. JOHN MACKENZIE, first of this family, was a natural son
of George, second Earl of Seaforth. He has a charter of Little
Gruinard and other lands in 1669, in which he is described as then
"of Meikle Gruinard." He married before 1655, Christian, daughter
of Donald Mackenzie, III. of Loggie (sasine in that year as his
wife), with issue -
1. George, his heir, whom his mother describes in a sasine, dated
10th August, 1685, as "George Mackenzie, my eldest lawful son."
2. Kenneth, who married Frances Herbert, daughter of William,
Marquis of Powis, and widow of Kenneth, fourth Earl of Seaforth,
without issue.
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