About Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose
Lived 1717 – 1761 (aged 43–44). Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose was a politician.
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose (1717 – 18 October 1761) was a Scottish politician and (by right of his ancestry) Chief of the Highland Clan Mackenzie.
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose, poss. by Cosmo Alexander. Cushing House Collection, The Stoermer Family Trust.
Origins
Kenneth Mackenzie's mother Mary (pictured) was the only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Kennet of Coxhoe.
Mackenzie was the eldest son of William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth (died 1740) by his wife Mary, only daughter and heiress of Nicholas Kennet of Coxhow [Coxhoe in Kelloe parish, County Durham ]. His father had taken part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and had forfeited his estates and title under the Act of Attainder of 1716.
Career Mackenzie supported the Government during the Jacobite rising of 1745. He represented the constituencies of Inverness Burghs between 1741 and 1747, and Ross-shire between 1747 and 1761.
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Who was Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose?
Member of Parliament
When was Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose born?
Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose was born in 1717.
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Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose died on 18 October 1761.
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Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose was a politician.
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