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 428 CROMARTIE. (Murray), 3rd Lord Eliban'K [S.], by Anne, da. of Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of St. Andrew's. She was b. 2S Aug. 10S1 (Cramond register). He ni. thirdly, before 1720, Ann, widow of Peter Fotiierinoham, relict (formerly) of Norman Maci.kod, da. of Hugh (Eraser), Loud Lovat [S.], by Amelia, da. of John (Murray), 1st M.utyUESS of Athole [S.] He d. 20 Feb. 1731, at Castleleod. HI. 1 731, 3. George (Mackenzie), Earl or Cromarty, Viscount to Tarbat, Lord Macleod and Castlkhayen [S.], s. and h. by 2nd wife, 1746. b. about 1703 ; was engaged in the rising for the exiled house of Stuart in 1745, being present with 400 of his elan at the battle of Falkirk, IS Jan. 1745/6, was taken prisoner at Dunrobiu, 15 April 1746, pleaded guilty before the Lord High Steward in the House of Lords iu Loudon, 2S July, and was sentenced to death, 1 Aug. 1746, for high treason, whereby bis estates and peerage became forfeited. He, however, received a conditional pardon, 20 Oct. 1749. He m- 23 Sep. 1724, Isabel, da. of Sir William Gordon, Bart. [S.], of Invergordon. He d. in Poland Street 2S Sep., and was bur. 5 Oct. 1766, at St. James, Westm. His widow d. at Edinburgh, 23 April 1769, in her 64th year, and was bur. in the Canongate churchyard. M.I. [John Mackenzie, styled Lord Mvcleod, 1st s. and h. »p., l>- 1757, and, tho' but 18, was in the rising of 1745, taken prisoner with his father, tried before the Commissioners, 20 Dec. 1746, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to death. He, however, received a full pardon 26 Jan. 1748. He entered into the service of the King of Sweden, by whom he was cr. Count Cromarty, and made a Commandant of the Order of the Sword of Sweden, a distinction recognised 9 Dec. 1778 by George IIL Having returned to England on the breaking out of the American war, he raised 2 battalions of Highlanders and became Col. of the 71st Foot in 1777, serving in the East Indies ; Major-Gen. in the army, 1782. In 17S4 tho family estates (on payment of a charge of £19,000 thereon) were restored to him by act of ESrl. He m. i June 17S6, Margery, 1st da. of James (Forbes), 16th Lord Forbes [S.j, by Catharine, da. of Sir Robert Innes, Bart. [S.] He d. s.p. at Edin- burgh, 2 April 1789, in his 62nd year, and was bur. in the Canongate churchyard. MX(»J His widow m. 11 March 1749, at St. Marylebone, John (Murray), 4th Duke of Athole [S.l, who d. 29 Sep. 1S30, and d. s.p. 3 Oct. 1842.] Earldom. l. Anne, Duchess of Sutherland, wife of Georgo I 1861 Granville William (Sutherland-Levesou-Gower), Duke of Suther- land, &c., as also Earl of Sutherland [S.], was, on 21 Oct. 1861, cr. BARONESS MACLEOD OF CASTLE LEOD, co. Cromartie, BARONESS CASTLEHAVEN of Castlehaven, co. Cromartie, VISCOUNTESS TARBAT of Tarbat, co. Cromartie, and COUNTESS OF CROMARTIE, ( b ) for her life, with rem. of the said dignities (of Baron, Baron, ViBcount, and Earl) to Francis Sutherland-LevesoN-Gower, her 2nd surv. son and the heirs male of hit body, rem. to each other of her younger sons in like manner, in priority of birth, rem. to said ( a ) The Cromarty estates devolved on his cousin and h. male, Kenneth Mackenzie (who, but for the attainder, would have been 5th Earl of Cromarty), who was only s. and h. of the Hon. Roderick Mackenzie, 2nd s. of John, 2nd Earl of Cromarty above- named. He d. s.p.tu. 4 Nov. 1796, in Orchard Street, Midx., when the male issue of the 1st Earl became extinct, and probably the peerage also, nnlesB held to devolve on the heirs of entail. See, ante, p. 427, note "a." The estates then (1796) devolved on the heir of line, viz., Isabel, Baroness Elibank [S.], widow of George (Murray), 6th Lord Elibank, eldest da. of George, the 3rd Earl of Cromarty. She d. s.p.m. 28 Dec. 1301, in her 77th yeaT. Her eldest da. Maria, to. 3 May 1790, Edward Hay, of Newhall, who took the name of Mackenzie, [and whose only s. and h., John Hay- Mackenzie, of Newhall and Cromarty, d. 9 July 1849, leaving an only da. and h., Anne, Duchess of Sutherland, cr. Countess of Cromartie in 1861 as in the text. ( b ) So spelt, tho' the Scottish Peerage of 1703 was spelt Cromarty.