Francis Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Cromartie
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24 November 1852
Roderick Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie (grandson)
The Earl of Cromartie | |
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 Cromartie Coat of Arms | |
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| Born | Francis Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 24 November 1852 |
| Died | 24 November 1893 (aged 41) |
| Spouse |
Hon. Lillian Janet Bosville-Macdonald
(m. 1876) |
| Relations | Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (brother) Roderick Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie (grandson) |
| Children | Sibell Blunt-Mackenzie, 3rd Countess of Cromartie Constance Stewart-Richardson |
Francis Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Cromartie (né Francis Sutherland-Leveson-Gower) (3 August 1852 – 24 November 1893) was a British peer.[1]
Francis was born on 3 August 1852 as the third son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland and Anne, Duchess of Sutherland. His elder surviving brother was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland.[2] He had two sisters, Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (the wife of Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin), and Lady Alexandra Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, who died unmarried in 1891.[3]
His father was the eldest son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland and the former Lady Harriett Howard (the third daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle and Lady Georgiana Cavendish, eldest daughter of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire).[3] His mother was the only daughter of John Hay-Mackenzie of Newhall and Cromarty (the younger brother of George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale) and the former Anne Craig (the third daughter of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet).[2] She was the great-great-granddaughter of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and was attainted in 1746).[2]
Career
Upon the death of his mother on 25 November 1888, he succeeded to the titles of 2nd Baron Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, 2nd Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, 2nd Baron Macleod of Castle Leod, and 2nd Earl of Cromartie on 25 November 1888. In 1879, Blunt-Mackenzie was recognised as Chief of the Clan Mackenzie by Lord Lyon.[2] The seat of the Earls of Cromartie is Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire.[1]