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  f April; 1789; and was  succeeded in the estates by his  cousin…german;
  V。  CAPTAIN  KENNETH  MACKENZIE of Cromarty; who died  in 1796; without male issue。  He was the last direct male heir; and on his death the representation of the family; carrying with it the dormant honours of Cromarty and Tarbat; went into the family of Ardloch。 He was  succeeded in the estates by Lord Macleod's eldest sister;
  VI。  LADY  ISABELLA; who married the sixth Lord Elibank。  She died on the 28th of December; 1801; without male issue; and was succeeded by her eldest daughter;
  VII。 THE  HON。  MARIA  MURRAY; who in 1790 married the  Hon。 Edward Hay of Newhall; brother of George; VIIth Marquis of  Tweeddale; who thereupon assumed the name of Mackenzie in addition to  his own; with issue
  1。  John Hay; her heir and successor。
  2。  Dorothea; who on the 2nd of July; 1813; married Sir David Hunter Blair; with issue。
  3。  Isabella; who on the 1st of November; 1817; married John  Buckle; with issue。
  4。  Georgina Ann; who married James; fifth Earl of Glasgow;  without issue。
  Her only sister; the Hon。 Isabella Murray; died unmarried in 1849。
  The Hon。 Maria Murray was succeeded by her only son;
  VIII。  JOHN  HAY…MACKENZIE; who on the 23rd of April; 1828;  married Anne; daughter of Sir Gibson…Craig; Baronet; with issue
  1。  Anne his heir and successor。
  He died at Cliefden on the 9th of July; 1849; and was succeeded by his only child;
  IX。  ANNE  HAY…MACKENZIE of Cromarty; who;  on the 27th of June; 1849; married  His Grace the third Duke of  Sutherland。  On the 21st of  October; 1861; her Grace was; by a  new creation; made Countess of  Cromarty; Viscountess Tarbat of  Tarbat; Baroness Macleod of Castle  Leod; and Baroness Castlehaven of  Castlehaven; with remainder to her  second son; Viscount Tarbat。
  Thus; should the old title ever be  restored; there would be two Earls;  with all the titles exactly similar;  excepting that the holder of the  original earldom would also inherit  the Nova Scotia Baronetcy; as well  as that of 1704。
  On the death of the late Duchess of Sutherland; Countess of Cromartie; in 1888; she was succeeded by her second surviving son;
  X。  FRANCIS  SUTHLRLAND  LEVESON  GOWER; as Earl of  Cromartie; in all her other titles; and estates。  He was born on the 3rd of August; 1852; and on the 2nd of August; 1876; married the Hon。 Lilian Janet; second surviving daughter of Godfrey William Wentworth; 4th Lord  Macdonald of Sleat; with issue
  1。  Sibell Lilian; born on the 14th of August; 1878。
  2。  Constance; born in 1882。
  The Earl died on the 24th of November; 1893。  The limitation of this earldom being to his heirs male; and on the failure of such to his heirs;  with other remainders over; a question arises as to whether or not the  dignity is now in abeyance between his Lordship's two daughters and co…heirs。
  As it is possible the old honours may yet be claimed; it may be interesting to note in a more concise manner the facts concerning them。   The original patent of the Nova Scotia Baronetcy to Sir John Mackenzie  of Tarbat; by Charles I。; dated 21st May; 1628; was to him 〃suosque  haredes masculos quoscunque de tempore in tempus in posterum per  perpetuo;〃 and the re…grant of 29th April; 1704; to his grandson; Kenneth;  second son of George; first Earl of Cromarty; being confessedly to restore  the old Baronetcynow absorbed in the Earldomintact; 〃as the samen  was given to the umquhile Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat;〃 was to Kenneth  and his heirs male 〃in perpetuum;〃 and was therefore granted with the  same succession; presumably to heirs male whomsoever。
  Sir Kenneth Mackenzie of  Grandvale and Cromarty; first  Baronet of this re…grant; having  died in 1729; the dignity was  enjoyed by his eldest son; Sir  George; second Baronet; who died  without issue in 1748; and  afterwards by his youngest son; Sir  Kenneth; third Baronet; who died at  Tam in 1763; also without issue。   At this Sir Kenneth's death; it is  clear that the succession would; under the patent of 1704; then  devolve upon his heir male;  George; the attainted third Earl of  Cromarty; who survived all the  male descendants of the patentee;  but whose honours; having been attainted in 1746; had been restored  by the pardon granted to him under  the Great Seal on the 20th of  October; 1749。  Thus was this Baronetcy absorbed a second time  in the Earldom of Cromarty。  Nor does it appear that it was ever  assumed by George; the third Earl (who died in Poland Street;  London; on the 29th of September; 1766); nor by his son Lord  Macleod; who obtained a pardon  dated the 26th of January; 1748;  and with whom; who died without  issue; on the 2nd of April; 1789;  ended the direct line both of the Earldom and of the Baronetcy。
  The succession then opened  to his cousin; Captain Mackenzie  of Cromarty; who obtained the  estates; but he also died without  issue in 1796; without having  assumed either title。
  Taking the term 〃haredibus  masculis;〃 according to the opinion of John Riddell; the well…known  Advocate and author 〃in the sense of our law; as an equivalent to heirs  male whatsoever;〃 the representation of the Tarbat  Baronetcy would then revert to the brothers of George; first Earl of  Cromarty; the next of whom was Roderick; Lord Prestonhall。  But  here again the fatality to heirs male  which has dogged the steps of the  Cromarty titles in so extraordinary  a manner; ended the succession in  the children of his son; Alexander  of Fraserdale。  Riddell; in his  opinion upon the revival of 1826;  says; 〃I certainly saw proof of the  male extinction of the Prestonhall  branch several years ago。〃  That is; in one of the Lovat actions of  Fraserdale; or Macleod of Macleod; and; after that family; the  succession of the descendants of Alexander of Ardloch; fourth son  of Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat; was proved; in the Service at Tam;  on the 30th of October; 1826; in the  person of Lieutenant…Colonel  Alexander Mackenzie; eldest son of  Colonel Robert Mackenzie of  Milnmount; who assumed the dormant Baronetcies of Tarbat and  Royston; and who; dying without issue on the 28th of April; 1841;  was succeeded by his only brother;  Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie;  who also died unmarried on the  24th of November; 1858。  Since his  death these Baronetcies have  remained dormant; no effort to  assume them having been made by  the next heir male; although no  doubt it was quite in his power to  do so。
  It is obvious from what has already been said that the  representation of the Earldom of Cromarty; granted to George; Viscount  Tarbat; on the 18th of September; 1703; the succession of which is  〃haredibus masculis et tallia〃 devolves upon the same head as the above…named Baronetcies。  It is not; however; clear whether the pardon obtained by George; third Earl; is sufficient to remove the attainder; or whether an  Act of Parliament would not be necessary for that purpose; although the  attainted male…blood is long ago at an end。 Since this question was  debated; the restoration of the Airlie and other forfeited peerages have; in  a great measure; cleared the ground; and in the new creation of 1861 the  older title and honours according to the decisions in these cases could be  in no way affected or disturbed。
  THE  MACKENZIES  OF  ARDLOCH。
  THE first of this family; on which devolved the representation of the  original Earldom of Cromarty and the Baronetcies of Tarbat and Royston  in the male line; was
  I。  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; fourth son of Sir John  Mackenzie of Tarbat; created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1628; by his  wife; Margaret; daughter of Sir George Erskine of Innerteil; a Lord of Session and Justiciary。  Alexander; who has a sasine as fourth son; dated June; 1654; married Barbara; daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie; VI。 of  Gairloch; and relict of Fraser of Kinneries; with issue
  1。  Roderick; who died young。
  2。  John; his heir and successor。
  3。  James; of Keppoch; who married Isabella; daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie; I。 of Dundonnel; with issue(1) Alexander; who married Henrietta Mackenzie of Fisherfield (sasine 1773); (2) Simon of Keppoch;  who married with issueAlexander of Kildonan; on record in 1755; (3)  George of Kildonan; who married; first; Ann; daughter of Roderick  Mackenzie of Kernsary; with issueJames。  George died in 1809; aged  109 years; (4) Colin; of Jamaica; who married Janet; daughter of Kenneth  Mackenzie; III。 of Dundonnel; without issue; (5) Mary; who married  Donald; grandson of John Mackenzie; I。 of Gruinard; with issue; (6)  Isabella; who married Allan Mackenzie; of the family of Hilton。  James  sold Keppoch in 1730。
  5。  Barbara; who married Roderick; son of George Mackenzie; II。 of Gruinard; with issue。
  6。  Ann; who married William; sixth son of George Mackenzie; II。 of Gruinard; with issue。
  7。  Margaret; who died  unmarried; and three others who  married respectively; Sinclair of  Dunbeath; Gordon of Auchintoul; a  cadet of the Gordons of Embo; and  Colin Mackenzie of Kildun。
  He died in 1736; and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son;
  II。  JOHN  MACKENZIE; second of Ardloch; who married  Sibella; daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie; I。 of Dundonnel; with issue
  1。  Alexander; his heir