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See also:CROMARTY, See also:GEORGE See also:MACKENZIE, 1ST See also:EARL OF (1630-1714) , Scottish statesman, was the eldest son of See also:Sir See also:John Mackenzie, See also:Bart., of Tarbat (d. 1654), and belonged to the same See also:family as the earls of See also:Seaforth. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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 Cromarty in 1703. He was again lord justice general from 1704 to 1710. 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. 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. See also:Logan (See also:Edinburgh, 1713).
The earl's See also:grandson George, 3rd earl of Cromarty (c. 1703-1766), succeeded his See also:father John, the 2nd earl, in See also:February 1731. 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. He was tried and sentenced to See also:death, but he obtained a conditional See also:pardon although his See also:peerage was forfeited. He died on the 28th of See also:September 1766.
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. 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. In this servicehe See also:rose to high See also:rank and was made See also:Count Cromarty. 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. In 1784 he regained the family estates and he died on the 2nd of April 1789. 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. See also:Fraser's Earls of Cromartie (Edinburgh, 1876).
Macleod left no See also:children, and his See also:heir was his See also:cousin, See also:Kenneth Mackenzie (d. 1796), a grandson of the 2nd earl, who also died childless. 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. 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. 1878) was granted by letters patent the See also:title of countess of Cromartie.
End of Article: CROMARTY, GEORGE MACKENZIE, 1ST EARL OF (1630-1714)
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