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unusual facts about Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth


Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay

He married, firstly, Barbara Mackenzie, sister of Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, in 1610.


Arya Vaishya

The Mackenzie manuscripts provide a record of the copper plate grant of the guru, Bhaskaracharya, given by the 102 gotras which formed the Gavara grouping.

Clan Mackenzie

During the Wars in India, Colin Mackenzie (1754–1821) was Surveyor General of India, and an art collector and orientalist.

In 1623, the clan chief Colin Mackenzie was made Earl of Seaforth, a title in the peerage of Scotland, taking his title from a sea loch on the island of Lewis.

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie

He was born at Innerteil, near Kinghorn, Fife, in 1630, was eldest son of Sir John Mackenzie of Tarbat — grandson of Colin Mackenzie of Kintail, and nephew of the first Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, Rossshire, the progenitor of the Mackenzies, earls of Seaforth.

Siege of Bangalore

The Madras Pioneers, led by Lt Colin Mackenzie, crossed the ditch with scaling ladders, mounted the breach and entered the fort, while the artillery engaged the fort with blank ammunition.


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