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Seaforth, Earl of (I, 1771 - 1781)

Creation: let.pat. 3 Dec 1771

Extinct: Aug 1781

Family name: Mackenzie

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable a Stag's Head cabossed Or (Mackenzie); 2nd and 3rd, Quarterly Or and Gules a Label of three points, each point charged with as many Bezants (Huntingfield)

Crest:

A Mountain in flames proper

Supporters:

Dexter: a White Greyhound proper; Sinister: a Savage wreathed about the temple and loins with Ivy, and holding over the left shoulder a Club all proper

Motto:

Fide Parta, Fide Aucta

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Kenneth [Mackenzie], 1st Viscount Fortrose later 1st Earl of Seaforth

1st son and heir of Hon Kenneth Mackenzie MP, styled Lord Fortrose (by his wife Lady Mary Stewart, only child of Alexander [Stewart], 6th Earl of Galloway), 1st son and heir of William [Mackenzie], 5th Earl of Seaforth

born

15 Jan 1744

mar. (1)

7 Oct 1765 Lady Caroline Stanhope (b. 11 Mar 1746/7; d. 9 Feb 1767; bur. as Viscountess Fortrose at Kensington), 1st dau. of William [Stanhope], 2nd Earl of Harrington, by his wife Lady Caroline FitzRoy, 1st dau. of Charles [Fitzroy], 2nd Duke of Grafton

only child by first wife

1. Lady Caroline Mackenzie (b. 7 Jul 1766; d. 1847; bur. in St Pancras, London), mar. as his second wife Col Louis Pierre Francis Malcolm Drummond, Count de Melfort, and had issue

mar. (2)

Harriet Lamb (d. 11 Dec 1779), reputedly a courtesan and the daughter of an apothecary

died

s.p.m. Aug 1781

created

18 Nov 1766 Baron Ardelve and Viscount Fortrose, both in Co. Wicklow

3 Dec 1771 Earl of Seaforth

note

styled Lord Fortrose 1761-66; Member of Parliament for Caithness 1768-74; FRS 1772; FSA 1776; raised a regiment of foot, the 78th Seaforth Highlanders, of which he was Lieut-Col in command 1777-81

On the death of the 1st Earl of Seaforth the Earldom of Seaforth became extinct.

First written 1 Jul 2023

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