MACKENZIE, Hon. Sir Kenneth, 3rd Bt. (c.1658-1728), of Cromarty.

b. c. 1658, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Bt., 1st Visct. Tarbat [S] and Earl of Cromarty [S], by Anna, da. of Sir James Sinclair, 1st Bt., of Mey, Canisbay, Caithness. educ. Aberdeen univ. (King’s coll.) 1679. m. (1) Mary (d. by 1688), da. and coh. of David Kinnear (d. 1684) of Kinnear, Kilmany, Fife, 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) c.1694–1701, his cos. Anna, da. of Sir Colin Campbell, MP [S], of Aberuchill, Perth, Ld. Aberuchill SCJ, 6s. (4 ) 2da.; (3) contract 14 Jan. 1726, Elizabeth Edwards of Monmouth, wid. of Charles Graydon, receiver-gen. of customs [S] and of Capt. Alexander Sutherland of Kinminitie, Banff, s.p. cr. Bt. with precedency of the original patent on his fa.’s resignation of the baronetcy 29 Apr. 1704. CP, iii. 545; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iii. 73, 75–76, 204; ix. 63, 69; Recs. Univ. and King’s Coll. Aberdeen (Spalding Club), 499; Retours of Heirs, i. Fife, 1192; ii. inquisitiones gen. 6895, 7923; Scot. Rec. Soc. viii. 192; SRO Indexes, lxiii. 9; iii. 371; Cromartie Corresp. ii. 414.