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  Company; (b) Colin; and  several daughters。  Alexander died in 1892。  (8) Lilias; who married  Roderick Macleod; merchant; Liverpool; with issueone daughter。
  5。  Catherine; who married her cousin; Charles; a younger son of the Rev。 James Robertson; and brother of her sister's husband; Collector  James Robertson; of Stornoway; with issue。
  6。  Anne; who married John Macintyre; tacksman of Letterewe;  with issue。
  John was succeeded by his eldest son;
  IV。  MURDO  MACKENZIE; fourth of Letterewe; a Captain in the  78th Highlanders。  He died in India; unmarried; and was succeeded by his  next brother;
  V。  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; fifth of Letterewe; who married  Catherine; daughter of James Macdonald of Skeabost; with issue
  1。  John; his heir and successor。
  2。  James; a midshipman; H。E。I。C。S。; who died unmarried。
  3。  Murdo; a doctor; H。E。I。C。S。; who also died unmarried。
  4。  Hector; who was an  Officer of Customs at the Cape of Good Hope; and afterwards succeeded his brother in the estate of Letterewe。
  5。  Donald Alexander; who in early life emigrated to the United States; and of whom presently。
  6。  Jessie; who married Donald Macdonald; Lochinver; who  afterwards went to the Cape of Good Hope and died at Southsea in 1888; leaving issue(1) Donald; C。E。; at the Cape; who married; and has issuetwo sons and a daughter。  (2) Alexander James; of Milland; Hants; who; in 1866; married Caroline; daughter of John Heugh; of Port Elizabeth; South  Africa; with issueIone and Thyra。  (3) Murdo; who; in 1869; married  Laura; daughter of J。 Foley; sculptor; London; with issueFlora;  Alexander; Charles; Somerled; and Ronald。  (4) Katherine; who in 1849  married the late James Somers Kirkwood; merchant at Port Elizabeth;  Cape of Good Hope; with issue(1) Donald; who married first; in 1866;  Helen; daughter of Thomas Read; of Trouse; Norwich; with issueDonald  He married; secondly; Cornelia; daughter of R。 Restall; of Uitenhague;  South Africa; with issueHector and Hellen (2) Charles; (3) Alexander; (4) Reginald; (5) Annie; who married Archibald Merilees; Moscow; and (6) Jessie; who married Walter Somerville Lockhart; of Clydesdale; with  issueLawrence。
  7。  Katherine; who died unmarried。
  8。  Emily; who resided in London; unmarried。
  Alexander was succeeded by his eldest son;
  VI。  JOHN  MACKENZIE; a Writer to the Signet; in Edinburgh;  where he died unmarried; and was succeeded by his eldest surviving  brother;
  VII。  HECTOR  MACKENZIE seventh of Letterewe。  In 1835 he  sold the estate to Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley Hall; Lancashire。  He died; unmarried; in 1860 at Algoa Bay; Cape of Good Hope; when he was  succeeded; as representative of the family; by his youngest and only  surviving brother;
  VIII。  DONALD  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; a merchant at  Dubuque; Iowa; United States of America; who married; with issue
  1。  Charles; who succeeded as representative of the family。
  2。  Alexander; a Captain of Engineers in the United States Army; who married in 1872; with issuea son Donald。
  Donald Alexander died in 1872; leaving a widow; who  subsequently resided at Dubuque; when he was succeeded as  representative of the family; by his eldest son;
  IX。  CHARLES  MACKENZIE; a lawyer; now in good practice in  the United States
  The representative of the Mackenzies of Letterewe in this country is John Alexander Mackenzie; of Ardlair; Edinburgh; only son of the late  John Mackenzie of Auchenstewart; who died in 1890。
  THE  MACKENZIES  OF  PORTMORE。
  THIS family is descended from Alexander Mackenzie of Tolly; grandson of Kenneth Mackenzie; VI。 of Gairloch; and third son of Charles Mackenzie of Loggie…Wester; and subsequently I。 of Letterewe; by Anne;  daughter of John Mackenzie; II。 of Applecross。  He married; first;  Annabella; daughter and co…heiress of Sir Donald Bayne of Tulloch; and  their descendants; as representatives of that ancient family; bear its  cognisance on the centre of their shield; a wolf's head proper。  He was a Bailie and afterwards Provost of Dingwall; exercised considerable local  and political  influence; and greatly aided Lord Macleod; son of George  Earl of Cromarty; in his candidature for the county of Ross; as may be  seen from the Cromarty Papers。 During an  election riot which occurred  in Dingwall in 1751; Mrs Mackenzie; whilst looking out of a window of  her own house; was accidentally shot。  By her Provost Mackenzie had  issue
  1。  Alexander; I。 of Portmore。
  2。  Katharine; who married her cousin; John Mackenzie; III。 of Letterewe; with issue。
  3。  Charlotte; who married the Rev。 John Downie; minister of Gairloch; subsequently of Urray; with issue。
  He married; secondly; Katharine; daughter of Bayne of Delny; with issue
  4。  Ronald; a Captain in the Army; who died in Ireland; without issue。
  5。  Hector; a well…known   and highly…popular Bailie of  Dingwall; who married; first; Anne;  daughter of the Rev。 Colin  Mackenzie; minister of Fodderty;  and I。 of Glack; with issue(1)  Alexander; a merchant in London;  who married his cousin; Catherine;  daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie; of  Millbank; with issuetwo  daughters; Catherine; who married  Major Roderick Mackenzie; VII。 of  Kincraig and Ann; who married the  Rev。 John Macdonald of Calcutta;  an eminent divine; (2) Colin;  Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; who  died without issue; (3) Henry; who  died unmarried; (4) Hectorina; who died at Dingwall; unmarried; in  1850。  Bailie Mackenzie married secondly; a daughter of Mackenzie;  Ussie; with issue(5) Jane; who  married John Mackenzie; (6)  Annabella; who married William Kemp; of Comrie; (7) Anne; who  married Kenneth Mackenzie; of Millbank。
  Alexander of Tolly died in 1774 and; along with his wife;  Annabella; is interred in the family burying…place at Dingwall。
  I。  ALEXANDER   MACKENZIE; his eldest son and  heir; who was born on the 5th of  February; 1740; and afterwards  became first of Portmore; settled as  a W。S。 in Edinburgh; but all his life  he kept up a close connection with  his native county; having intimate business relations with all its  principal landowners。  He was a man of undoubted ability; and the  personal friend of many noted literary men of his day。  He  purchased the estate of Seaton; in East Lothian; but afterwards sold it  to the Earl of Wemyss; after which  he purchased the estate of  Portmore; Peebleshire; from the Conyears Earls of Portmore。  He  married on the 25th of February; 1766; Anne; eldest daughter of  Colin Mackenzie; VI。 of Kilcoy; by  Martha; eldest daughter of Charles  Fraser of Inverallochy and Castle  Fraser; whose mother was Lady  Marjory Erskine; eldest daughter of  James; seventh Earl of Buchan。
  Lady Marjory married secondly;  Charles; last Lord Fraser of Castle Fraser; who; dying without issue;  left his estate to his step…son; Simon Fraser of Inverallochy。  On  the death; without issue; of Martha's three brothers; she and  her sister  Elizabeth  became co…heiresses of Inverallochy and  Castle Fraser; and on Elizabeth's death Martha became sole heiress。   She left the estates to her distinguished son; Lieutenant…General Alexander Mackenzie;  who assumed the additional name  of Fraser。  Thus the families of  Kilcoy and Portmore deduce  descent from the Royal Houses of  Stuart and Plantaganet; as also  from the Dukes of Burgundy; and  Raymond Count of Provence。  Alexander had issue
  1。  Alexander; who died in infancy in 1767。
  2。  Alexander; Lieutenant…Colonel Commanding  the 21st  Dragoons。 He died before his father at Cape Malo; St。 Domingo; West  Indies; in July 1796; aged 27; unmarried。
  3。  Colin; who succeeded his father at Portmore。
  4。  John; who was born in 1771; and died young。
  5。  George Udny; born in 1773; and died young。
  6。  Charles; born in 1779; and died in 1783。
  7。  WILLIAM   MACKENZIE; I。 of Muirton; Ross…shire; W。S。 in Edinburgh; Deputy…Lieutenant for Ross; Sutherland;  and Cromarty。 He was born on the  1st of October; 1780; and married  first; on the 6th of July; 1805;  Mary; daughter of James Mansfield  of Midmar; Aberdeenshire; by  Marion; daughter of Dalrymple  Horn…Elphinstone of Horn and  Logie…Elphinstone; eldest surviving  son  of Viscount (now Earl of)  Stair; with issue(1)  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; II。  of Muirton; and of Meikle  Scatwell; a W。S。; Edinburgh。   Alexander; who was born on the  28th of February; 1812; married his  cousin; Maria; second daughter and  co…heiress with her three sisters of John Mansfield of Midmar; with  issueWilliam Garloch; who died unmarried at Gibraltar; on the 22nd  of May; 1876; John Mansfield; W。S。; Edinburgh; who died  unmarriedthe last of six sonsin  1892; Alexander James; who died  in Natal in 1887; unmarried;  Douglas Hay; who succeeded to the  estate of Meikle Scatwell by the  will of his aunt; Mrs Douglas  (Jemima Mansfield); and; dying  unmarried at Clifton on the 9th of  June; 1873; bequeathed it to his  father; George Vansittart; a  merchant in Leith; who died  unmarried in 1891; and James  Dalrymple; who died in New  Zealand; unmarried; in 1887。   Alexander Mackenzie; II。 of  Muirton; sold that estate to Colonel  Ainslie; and Meikle Scatwell to Sir  William James Bell; LL。D。; now of  Scatwell。  (2) James Mansfield;  who died unmarried in 1838; age