1ST See also:EARL OF See also:GEORGE See also:MACKENZIE See also:CROMARTY (1630-1714)
, Scottish statesman, was the eldest son of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Mackenzie, See also:Bart., of Tarbat (d
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1654), and belonged to the same See also:family as the earls of See also:Seaforth
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In 1654 he joined the rising in See also:Scotland on behalf of See also:Charles II. and after an See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile of six years he returned to his own See also:country and took some See also:part in public affairs after the Restoration
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In 1661 he became a See also:lord of session as Lord Tarbat, but having been concerned in a vain See also:attempt to overthrow Charles II.'s secretary, the See also:earl of See also:Lauderdale, he was dismissed from See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in 1664
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A See also:period of retirement followed until 1678 when Mackenzie was appointed lord See also:justice See also:general of Scotland; in 1681 he became lord clerk See also:register and a lord of session for the second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, and from 1682 to 1688 he was the See also:chief See also:minister of Charles II. and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. in Scotland, being created See also:viscount of Tarbat in 1685
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In 1688, however, he deserted James and soon afterwards made his See also:peace with See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III., his experience being very serviceable to the new See also:government in settling the affairs of Scotland
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From 1692 to 1695 Tarbat was again lord clerk register, and having served for a See also:short time as a secretary of See also:state under See also:Queen See also:Anne he was created earl of See also:Cromarty in 1703
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He was again lord justice general from 1704 to 1710
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He warmly supported the See also:union between See also:England and Scotland, See also:writing some See also:pamphlets in favour of this step, and he died on the 17th of See also:August 1714
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Cromarty was a See also:man of much learning, and among his numerous writings may be mentioned his See also:Account of the conspiracies by the earls of See also:Cowry and R
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See also:Logan (See also:Edinburgh, 1713)
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The earl's See also:grandson See also:George, 3rd earl of Cromarty (c
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1703-1766), succeeded his See also:father John, the 2nd earl, in See also:February 1731
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In 1745 he joined Charles See also:Edward, the See also:young pretender, and he served with the See also:Jacobites until See also:April 1746 when he was taken prisoner in See also:Sutherlandshire
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He was tried and sentenced to See also:death, but he obtained a conditional See also:pardon although his See also:peerage was forfeited
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He died on the 28th of See also:September 1766
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This earl's eldest son was John Mackenzie, Lord See also:Macleod (1727-1789), who shared his father's fortunes in 1745 and his See also:fate in 1746
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Having pleaded guilty at his trial Macleod was pardoned on See also:condition that he gave up all his rights in the estates of the earldom, and he See also:left England and entered the See also:Swedish See also:army
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In this servicehe See also:rose to high See also:rank and was made See also:Count Cromarty
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The count returned to England in 1777 and was successful in raising, mainly among the Mackenzies, two splendid battalions of Highlanders, the first of which, now the Highland See also:Light See also:Infantry, served under him in See also:India
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In 1784 he regained the family estates and he died on the 2nd of April 1789
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Macleod wrote an account of the Jacobite rising of 1745, and also one of a See also:campaign in Bohemia in which he took part in 1757; both are printed in Sir W
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See also:Fraser's Earls of Cromartie (Edinburgh, 1876)
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Macleod left no See also:children, and his See also:heir was his See also:cousin, See also:Kenneth Mackenzie (d
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1796), a grandson of the 2nd earl, who also died childless
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The estates then passed to Macleod's See also:sister, See also:Isabel (1725-1801), wife of George See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray, 6th Lord Elibank
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In 1861 Isabel's descendant, Anne (1829-1888), wife of George, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Sutherland, was created countess of Cromartie with See also:remainder to her second son See also:Francis (1852-1893), who became earl of Cromartie in 1888
.
In 1895, two years after the death of Francis, his daughter Sibell Lilian (b
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1878) was granted by letters patent the See also:title of countess of Cromartie
.
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