ALEXANDER MACKENZIE of Coul and Applecross, son of Colin Cam, XIth Baron of Kintail, by Mary of Davochmaluag, had, among others, whose names are given under APPLECROSS,
I. SIR KENNETH MACKENZIE, first designated of Assynt, but in 1649 he has a sasine of Coul. He was a "man of parts," and in great favour with Charles II., who made him a Baronet by Royal patent with remainder to the heirs male of his body, dated on the 16th of October, 1673. He was also appointed Sheriff-Principal of Ross and Inverness, these counties being then one under the jurisdiction of one Sheriff.
He married, first, Jean, eldest daughter of Alexander Chisholm,
XIX. of Chisholm, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. Simon, I. of Torridon and Lentran, of whom presently.
3. John, I. of Delvine, of whom after Torridon.
4. Roderick, who married a daughter of Kenneth Mackenzie, VI. of Davochmaluag.
5. A daughter, who married Colin Mackenzie, IV. of Redcastle, with issue.
6. Agnes, married Sir John Munro of Fowlis, with issue.
7. Jane, who married Alexander Baillie, IX. of Dunain.
8. Christian, who married John Dunbar, Younger of Bennetsfield.
9. Lilias, married John Munro of Inverawe, with issue.
10. Mary, who as his first wife married Kenneth Mackenzie, VI. of Davochmaluag, with issue.
11. Another, who married Gordon of Cluny.
He married, secondly, a daughter of Thomas Mackenzie of Inverlael, with issue - two sons, who died young.
12. Catharine, who married Alexander Mackenzie, II. of Belmaduthy, with issue.
13. A daughter, who married Ross of Aldie.
14. A daughter, who married Evander Maciver of Tour-naig, with issue.
15. Another, married MacIver of Tournaig's brother.
He was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, second of Coul, who married first, Jean, daughter of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonston, Tutor of Sutherland, with issue -
1. John, his heir and successor.
2. Colin, who succeeded as IV. of Coul.
3. Lucy, who married Angus Mackintosh, X. of Kyllachy.
4. Janet, who in 1695 married Alexander Mackenzie, VII. of Davochmaluag, with issue - an only daughter, Janet, who in 1715 married Aeneas Macleod, of Camuscurry, with issue - an only daughter, Mary, who married John Urquhart of Mount Eagle.
Sir Alexander married secondly, Janet Johnstone of Warriston, with issue
- William, Simon, and James; and a daughter, Margaret, who married
Andrew Brown of Dolphinton, with issue.
He had a charter under the Great Seal, in 1681, by which his lands of Coul and others were, upon his own resignation, erected into one free barony in favour of himself and his heirs male, holding of the Crown. He afterwards, in 1702, made a deed of entail by which all his estates were settled upon heirs male of his own body. He died shortly after, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
III. SIR JOHN MACKENZIE, third of Coul, who married first, Margaret, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock, with issue - an only daughter, who married Bayne of Delny. He married, secondly, in 1703, Helen, daughter of Patrick Lord Elibank, with issue - two daughters, one of whom married Sir George Hope of Kirkliston, Baronet. The other died unmarried. He joined the Earl of Mar in 1715, was attainted for high treason, and dying without issue male the titles and estates were assumed by his next brother,
IV. SIR COLIN MACKENZIE, fourth of Coul, who was Clerk to the
Pipe in the Exchequer, an office which he held during his life.
He married Henrietta, daughter of Sir Patrick Houston of Houston,
with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. William of Achilty and Kinnahaird, who married Mary, daughter of Alexander, VII. of Davochmaluag, with issue - extinct in the male line. John, the last male representative of the family sailed for Melbourne in 1850, in the "Owen Glendower," which has never since been heard of.
3. Anne, who married John Mackenzie, V. of Applecross, without issue.
Sir Colin died in 1740, in the 67th year of his age, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
V. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, fifth of Coul. He had a charter, under the Great Seal, to himself and his heirs male, as heir to his grandfather, of the whole estate of Coul, in 1742. He married Janet, daughter of Sir James Macdonald, XIII. of Sleat, Baronet, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. James, who died unmarried.
3. Henrietta, married Thomas Wharton, without issue.
4. Margaret, who married William Mackenzie, IV. and last of Suddie, with issue.
5. Stewart, who married William Dallas of Cantray, with issue.
6. Christina.
7. Janet.
Sir Alexander died in 1792, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
VI. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Bengal Army, sixth of Coul. He was provincial Commander-in-Chief of Bengal, 1790-1792, and married in 1778, Catherine, daughter of Robert Ramsay, with issue - one son, who on his death in 1795, succeeded him as
VII. SIR GEORGE STEWART MACKENZIE, F.R.S., seventh of Coul. He was born on the 22nd of June, 1780, and married, first, on the 8th of June, 1802, Mary, daughter of Donald Macleod of Geanies, with issue -
1. Alexander, his heir and successor.
2. William, who succeeded as IX. of Coul.
3. George, who died unmarried in 1839.
4. Robert-Ramsay, who succeeded as X. of Coul.
5. The Rev. John, Free Church minister of Ratho. He was born in 1813, and married, in 1839, Eliza, daughter of the celebrated Thomas Chalmers, D.D., without issue. He died in London in 1878. She died in 1892.
6. Donald Macleod, Rear Admiral, R.N. He was born in 1815 and married, in 1865, Dorothea, daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B., without issue.
7. The Rev. James, who in 1847 married Philadelphia, daughter of Sir Percival Hart Dyke of Lullingstone, Kent, Baronet, and died without issue in 1857.
8. Margaret. 9. Catherine. 10. Mary. All died unmarried.
Sir George married, secondly, on the 27th of October, 1836,
Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood, with issue -
11. Henry Augustin Ornano, who, born on the 24th of April, 1839, married Mary Ann, daughter of Louis Botte, with issue - four sons and a daughter.
He died in 1848, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
VIII. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, eighth of Coul, an officer in the Bengal army. He died unmarried on the 3rd of January, 1856, and was succeeded by his next brother,
IX. SIR WILLIAM MACKENZIE, ninth of Coul. He was born on the 20th of May, 1806, and on the 16th of August, 1858, married Agnes, daughter of Ross Thomson, of Ardmore, Derry, and died without issue on the 21st of December, 1868, when he was succeeded by his next surviving brother,
X. SIR ROBERT RAMSAY-MACKENZIE, tenth of Coul, who, born on the 21st of July, 1811, married in September, 1846, Louisa Alexandrina, daughter of Richard Jones, member of the Legislative Assembly of Sydney, New South Wales, with issue -
1. Arthur George Ramsay, his heir and successor.
2. Mary Louisa, who on the 9th of May, 1871, married Alexander Archer, of Brisbane, Queensland, without issue. They both perished in the wreck of the "Quetta" on her way home from Australia.
3. Katherine Elizabeth.
4. Louisa Stewart, who on the 26th of February, 1885, married James G. L. Archer, of Gracemere, Queensland, and Laurvig, Norway.
5. Frances Philadelphia.
In 1867 Sir Robert was appointed Premier of the Executive Council and Colonial Treasurer of Queensland, having previously held the offices of Colonial Secretary and Treasurer. He died on the 19th of September, 1873, when he was succeeded by his only son,
XI. SIR ARTHUR GEORGE RAMSAY-MACKENZIE, eleventh and present Baronet of Coul. He was born on the 2nd of May, 1866, and is still unmarried.
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