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V。 HECTOR MACKENZIE; born in April; 1810。 His father died before Hector was a year old; and the widow soon after married; as her second husband; Alexander; son of Alexander Grant; 〃Bard mor an t…Slagain;〃 with issue three sons; Roderick; John; Duncan; and Margaret; who subsequently emigrated with their father and mother to Cape Breton; where they settled; married; and have large families; and another daughter; Janet; who married and remained in Gairloch。 His father left Hector what was considered a substantial sum of money for those day's; in the hands of Murdo Mackenzie; tacksman of Melvaig; one of the original Sand family; and a near relative of Gairloch; but he never received a penny of it。 He was thus left a penniless orphan and was obliged to fight his way in the world as best he could as an honest; industrious; and respected crofter and fisherman。 He married on the 17th of February; 1838; Catherine; daughter of Roderick; eldest son of Alexander Campbell; 〃Alastair Buidhe Mac Iomhair;〃 the well…known Gairloch Gaelic Bard; by his wife Catherine; daughter of Roderick; son of William Mackenzie of Shieldaig; a cadet of the Gairloch family。 By his wife Catherine Campbell (who died at Inverness on the 20th of January; 1882; and was buried at Gairloch); or more correctly MacIver (the family having only discarded the older and better name and adopted the new within living memory); Hector Mackenzie; who is still alive in his 84th year; had issue
1。 Alexander; of Park House; Inverness; who was born on Christmas Day; 1838。 He was for seventeen years an active member of the Town Council and a Police Commissioner of Inverness four years Dean of Guild and a Magistrate of the Burgh; as well as a Commissioner of Supply and Justice of Peace for the County。 He was also a member of the first Inverness County Council; and took a prominent part in its proceedings。 In 1875 he founded the Celtic Magazine; which he owned and conducted for thirteen years until it was incorporated with the Scottish Highlander newspaper in 1888。 In 1885 he started the Scottish Highlander; which he has managed and edited since; and which now; though still nominally carried on as a Limited Liability Company; is practically his own property。 He is the author of several Clan histories that of the Mackenzies; the first edition of which appeared in 1879; of the Macdonalds; in 1881; of the Mathesons; in 1882; of the Camerons; in 1884; of the Macleods; in 1889; and of the Chisholms; in 1891。 He is also the author of The History of the Highland Clearances; which created quite a sensation when it appeared; of the Social State of the Isle of Skye; the Prophecies of the Brahan Seer; and of several other minor works。 He married; on the 3rd of August; 1865; Emma Sarah Rose (author of Tales of the Heather) only surviving daughter of Thomas Whittaker Rose; Henrietta Park Villas; Bath (still living in his eighty…sixth year); by his first wife Sarah Cole; with issue Hector Rose Mackenzie; solicitor; Inverness; who was born in Ipswich; on the 25th of February; 1867; and married on the 19th of July; 1892; Barbara Sutherland; elder surviving daughter of John Anderson; late of the 71st Regiment of Foot (The Highland Light Infantry); Thomas William; born in Inverness on the 4th of August; 1875; Alastair Ian; born on the 30th of December; 1880; Kenneth John; born on the 17th of October; 1885; Catharine Anne; born on the 24th of February; 1868; died on the 1st of August in the same year; and buried in Ipswich Cemetery; Annie Emma; Catharine; who died in infancy in 1873; Mary Rose; and Emma Barabel。
2。 Roderick; born on the 13th of July; 1844; a member of the firm of William Cumming & Co。; wholesale woollen warehousemen; Huddersfield; but residing in London。 He married; first; on the 18th of January; 1871; Julia Catherine; eldest daughter of Thomas Lewis shipowner; Sunderland; with issueWilliam Frank; who was born on the 6th of October; 1874; Hector Dundas; born on the 22nd of July; 1876; Catherine Louisa; who died in her thirteenth year; on the 11th of July; 1884; while on a holiday visit; at Inverness; Ellen Maria; and Mary Josephine。 His first wife having died on the 14th of June; 1881; Roderick married; secondly; on the 18th of December; 1889; Mary Lang; daughter of John Sandford; Cambuslang。
3。 William; clothier; Inverness; born on the 12th of November; 1846; and married on the 16th of July; 1873; Annabella Bertrude; daughter of Alexander Grant; tacks…man of Easter Gallovie; Strathspey; with issueAlexander Roderick; C。E。; born on the 17th of May; 1874; Hector Donald Grant; born on the 20th of June; 1875; William John Macintyre; born on the 18th of January; 1877; James Grant; born on the 20th of June; 1878; died on the 23rd of September; 1889; Arthur Henderson; born on the 9th of February; 1880; Allan Campbell; born on the 19th of April; 1881; Eneas Kenneth; born on the 9th of March; 1883; Andrew Duncan; born on the 7th of January; 1885; died on the 2nd of May; 1888; Harry Macpherson; born on the 28th of October; 1887; Douglas Mitchell; born on the 19th of February; 1890; and Ella May; born on the 21st of June; 1886; and died on the 24th; three days after。
4。 Another Alexander; who served for twelve years in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) in which he was Troop Sergeant…Major; and subsequently went abroad。
5。 Catherine; who married John Fraser; shipowner; Inverness; without issue。
6。 Mary; who married Alexander Fraser; and resides in Cheltenham; with issueHector Alexander John; born on the 4th of May; 1883; Catherine Campbell; and Lily Mary。
7。 Annabella; who married George Mackenzie; draper; Ipswich; afterwards at Nairn and Inverness with issueWilliam Hector; born on the 9th of January; 1877 Alastair; born on the 5th of March; 1878; George John; born on the 14th of April; 1884; Marion; and Catherine Campbell; who died in infancy。 Annabella died at Edinburgh on the 9th of May; 1888; and is buried there。
This is the lease; with its miscellaneous rent; curious and antiquated conditions; referred to at page 479
I; Sir Alexander Mackenzie of Gairloch; Baronet; heritable proprietor of the lands and others under…written with the pertinents; do hereby set and in tack and assedation for the full space of twenty years; lets to John Mackenzie; tacksman of the equal half of the quarter lands of Erradale…a…phris; or North Erradale; all and whole the said possession as presently occupied by him; with all the shielings; mosses; moors; biggings and universal pertinents thereof; all lying within the parish of Gairloch and Sheriffdom of Ross。 To him and his lawful heirs whatsoever; to he occupied and 〃brooked〃 by them during the foresaid space of twenty years; without any hindrance or breach of tack whatever; and it is hereby provided; nothwithstanding the date hereof; that this tack commences directly at the term of Whitsunday in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty…five years; and to continue thereafter; aye and until the number of twenty yea