George Mackenzie of Avoch

Biographical Summary

"Sir George Mackenzie, of Tarbet, Baronet, was born at Innerteil in 1630, and was educated at the University of St Andrews and at King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated in 1646...

...On the reconstruction of the Court of Sesssion he was appointed a Lord of Session 1 June 1661, with the judicial title of Lord Tarbat...

...On 26 February 1685 he received from James VII a grant of a further pension of 400, and on 15 April following was raised to the Peerage as Viscount of Tarbat, Lord Macleod and Castlehaven, the patent being to himself and the heirs-male of his body...

...On the ascession of Queen Anne he became Secretary of State for Scotland, and on 1 January 1703 he was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Cromartie, Viscount of Tarbat, Lord Macleod and Castlehaven, the new dignities being granted to himself and his heirs-male and of taillie...

...The Earl, married, first in 1654, Anna, daughter of Sir James Sinclair of Moy, Baronet (she died in 1699)...

...The Earl of Cromartie married secondly, 11 April 1700, Margaret, Countess of Wemyss in her own right, widow of James, Lord Burntisland, but by her, who died 11 March 1705, had no issue."

SOURCE: The Scots peerage, Vol. III, page 73

Other References

• An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice: From Its Institution in MDXXXII; by George Brunton, David Haig; 1832; Page 356
• Wikipedia contributors. "George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1894; page 551