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See also:SEAFORTH, See also:EARL OF , a Scottish See also:title held by the See also:family of See also:Mackenzie from 1623 to 1716, and again from 1771 to 1781. The Mackenzies trace their descent to one See also:Colin of Kintail (d. 1278), and their name is a variant of Mackenneth. See also:Kenneth, the twelfth See also:head'of the See also:clan, was made See also:Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609, and his son Colin, who succeeded his See also:father as 2nd Lord Mackenzie in See also:March 1611, was created earl of Seaforth in 1623. Colin's successor was his See also:half-See also:brother See also:George (d. 1651), who became the 2nd earl in 1633. George was alternately a royalist and a covenanter between 1636 and 1646, and was afterwardsin See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland with See also:Charles II., who made him secretary of See also:state for See also:Scotland. His See also:grandson, Kenneth, the 4th earl, followed 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. to See also:France and was with the dethroned See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king in See also:Ireland. Sent by James in 1690 to head a rising in Scotland, he was captured and imprisoned, but in 1697 he was released and he died in See also:Paris in See also:January 1701. His successor was his son 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, who joined the Jacobite See also:standard at See also:Braemar in 1715, and then, having raised 3000 men, was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Sheriff See also:muir and was appointed See also:lieutenant-See also:general of the See also:northern counties. He also took See also:part in the Jacobite enterprise of 1719, being wounded at Glenshiel. In 1716 he was attainded and his titles and estates forfeited; before his See also:death in January 1740, he had been relieved of some of the penalties of his See also:treason, although his titles were not restored. His son Kenneth (c. 17'8–1761), who but for the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder would have been the 6th earl, helped the See also:English See also:government during the rising of 17451 and was a member of See also:parliament for some years. His son Kenneth (c. 1744–1781) was created earl of Seaforth in 1771, but his See also:peerage became See also:extinct when he died in See also:August 1781, although there were still heirs to the older earldom, which was under attainder. This earl raised the See also:regiment of Highlanders, the 78th, known later as the 2nd See also:battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders.
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