My Maternal 10th. Great Scottish Grandfather, Sir Kenneth MacKenzie, 1st. Baron of Kintail

Name: Kenneth MacKenzie, 1st. Baron of Kintail, son of Colin Cam MacKenzie and Barbara Grant 

Birth: December 1572 in Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland

Married: about 1586 in Ross-shire, Scotland to Lady Jane Anne Ross

Children: (5)

Lady Janet MacKenzie of Kintail 1586–1643 • MZWB-7PG​​

Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth 1589–1633 • LBRM-ZXP​​

Barbara MacKenzie of Seaforth 1592–1630 • M3FZ-971​​

Lady Sibella Elizabeth MacKenzie of Kintail 1599–1647 • K851-WK3​​

Simon Mackenzie of Lochalyne or Lochslinn or Lochallin 1600–1665 • LRQY-52H

Death: 27 February 1611 in Seaforth Castle, Chanonrie, Ross-shire, Scotland

Burial: 28 April 1611 in Fortrose Cathedral, Fortrose, Ross-shire, Scotland

Note: In 1595, was made hereditary constable of the Bishop of Ross's castle [Seaforth]. Was a privy councillor in 1595/6 and 1602. Was justice of the peace in Inverness, Cromarty, Elgin, Fife, and Nairn. Was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail on 17 Nov 1609. 

In 1610, was given a commission to attack Neil McLeod and the Isle of Lewis, afterward receiving Lewis as a free barony. Died 27 Feb 1611 aged 42. 

From an old manuscript belonging to the Kirk Session of Inverness: "Upon the penult day of February 1611 My Lord Mackenzie died in the Chanonrie of Ross [Seaforth Castle] and was buried 28th April anno foresaid in the Chanonrie Kirk with great triumph."

(Sources: Cracroft's Peerage; Mackenzie, Alexander. History of the Clan Mackenzie. Inverness, 1879. 167.)

Kenneth MacKenzie, 1st. Baron of Kintail
BIRTH December 1572
Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
DEATH 27 Feb 1611
Seaforth Castle, Chanonrie, Ross-shire, Scotland
BURIAL 28 April 1611
Fortrose Cathedral
Fortrose, Highland, Scotland
MEMORIAL ID 192787470

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