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John married secondly; a daughter of Mackenzie of Sand。

He was succeeded by his eldest son;

IV。  WILLIAM  MACKENZIE; fourth or Gruinard; who married  Lilias; daughter or John Mackenzie; I。 of Lochend; with issue

1。  Simon; Captain 78th Regiment; who died before his father; returning from India; unmarried。

2。  George; who was killed by a fall before his father's death; in Jamaica; unmarried。

3。  John; who became his father's heir and successor。

4。  Alexander; Colonel in the army; 〃a most distinguished soldier。〃 He served with the 36th Regiment throughout the Peninsular War; and in  the course of his service was dangerously wounded in the neck; lost an  eye; and had two horses killed under him。  He was a gallant and  distinguished  officer; in every sense a thorough Highlander。  He married first; Eliza; daughter of Colonel George Mackenzie; son of John  Mackenzie; I。 of Lochend; with issue(1) George; a Captain in the 36th  (his father's) Regiment; killed while leading an escalading party at the  assault of Burgos; unmarried; (2) Alexanderina; who married Alexander  Grove; M。D。; R。N。; at Greenwich Hospital; with issuethree daughters。   Colonel Alexander married; secondly; Eliza; daughter of Captain James  Graeme; R。N。; with issue(3) George; who died unmarried in 1842; (4)  Major…General Alexander Mackay Mackenzie; who became the  representative of the family; (5) William; who died  young; (6) Eliza; (7)  Lilias; who married Sir John W。 Fisher; M。D。; without issue; and (8) Janet; who married W。 F。 B。 Staples; barrister; with issue。

5。  Catherine; who married the Rev。 Donald Mackintosh; Gairloch; with issuefive daughters; one of whom; Annabella; married Murdo Macrae; with issue。

6。  Margaret; who died unmarried。

William; IV。 of Gruinard;  raised a Company of Highlanders  in 1778 for Lord Seaforth's  Regiment。  Simon; his eldest son;  went to India in command of it;  and; as already stated; died on his return voyage; from the accidental  bite of a favourite Arab horse which he brought along with him  when lock…jaw supervened and caused his death。

William was succeeded by his eldest surviving son;

V。  JOHN  MACKENZIE; fifth of Gruinard; Captain 73rd  Regiment; who married Margaret; daughter of Gun Munro of Braemore;  Caithness; with issue

1。  William; his heir and successor。

2。  Christina; who married John Campbell; Poolewe; with issueseveral sons and daughters。

In 1795  he sold the propertywhich in his time comprised Meikle Gruinard; Udrigle; and Sand; 〃with the pendicle thereof called Little  Gruinard〃to Duncan Davidson of Tulloch; whose son re…sold it to the  late Meyrick Bankes of Letterewe。  He was succeeded as representative of  the family by his only son;

VI。  WILLIAM  MACKENZIE; Captain 72nd Regiment; said to  have been the handsomest man in his day in the Highlands。  In 1829 he unsuccessfully claimed the Chiefship of the clan。  (See pp。 351…355)。 He married Margaret; daughter of Wilson of Wilsonton; with issue

1。  John; who died young; and three daughters; two of whom; both named Mary; died young。  The third; Margaret Innes; married Lachlan Maclachlan; Killinochannich; Argyleshire; without issue。

Captain William having died without male issue; was succeeded as representative of the family by his cousin;

VII。  MAJOR…GENERAL  ALEXANDER  MACKAY  MACKENZIE; eldest surviving son of the distinguished Colonel Alexander  Mackenzie; fourth son of William Mackenzie; IV。; and brother of Captain  John; V。 of Gruinard。

He married  Marion; daughter of the Rev。 William Colville of  Newton; Cambridgeshire; with issue

1。  John。

2。  Stuart。

3。  Lilias。

4。  Sybil。

He died in London on the 21st of May; 1879; when a sketch of his career by the present writer; appeared in Celtic Magazine; vol。 IV。; pp。  321…327。


THE  MACKENZIES  OF  FAWLEY  COURT  AND  FARR。

I。  ALEXANDER  MACKENZIE; the first of this remarkable family  prominently known in the engineering world; was born at Wester  Fairburn; in the county of Ross; on the 5th of June; 1769; and educated at  the Grammar School; Inverness。  He joined an old school…fellow; David Mackintosh; a native of Cawdor; Nairnshire; as a firm of contractors and  engineers。  They constructed several canals in England; and were very  successful。  He married Mary; daughter of William Austin; from her great  beauty known as one of the 〃Lancashire Witches;〃 with issue

1。  William; of whom presently。

2。  Alexander; C。E。; who was born at Hollinwood; Lancashire; in 1796。  He married。 with issue(1) William Seager; who married; first; a daughter of Thomas Woodhouse; C。E。; with issue; and secondly; a  daughter of George Woodhouse; C。E。  William was for many years a civil  engineer in the employment of the Russian Government; and lived for  some time at Nyksa in that country。  He afterwards went to Canada; and  died in London on the 26th of February; 1887; (2) Kenneth; C。E。; killed in  a railway accident near Bordeaux; in France; unmarried; (3) Richard; C。E。;  who married his cousin; Eliza; daughter of John Griffith; and died at  Montreal on the 16th of February; 1887; (4) Alexander; CE。; who was  killed in a railway accident in Canada; without issue; (5) Mary; who  married Mr Scott; in Canada。

3。  Daniel; who was born in 1799; and died in 1802。

4。  John; who was born on the 1st of November; 1804 went to  Virginia as a planter; and died there; unmarried。

5。  David; born in 1807; and died in 1811。

6。  Thomas; who was born in 1808; and died in 1811; the same day as his brother; both being buried in the same grave。

7。  Edward; from whom the  Mackenzies of Fawley Court; Farr;  etc。

8。  Sarah; born in 1797; and  died unmarried。

9。  Margaret; who married  John Griffith; with issue(1)  Edward Mackenzie; who settled in  the United States; and married a daughter of Colonel Campbell; (2)  William Alexander; who settled in  Canada and married a daughter of  Mr Baldwin; Baldwin House; Boston; United States; without  issue。  He lives in Quebec。  (3) Mary; who married Slack Davis;  MA。; of Oxford; barrister…at…law; a  well…known writer and poet in  America; where he died on the 31st  of March; 1889; (4) Alice; who  married Thomas Musgrave; with issue; (5) Emily Mackenzie; who  married Joseph William Painter; barrister; deceased; with issueseveral sons; ranching near Denver; Colorado; (6) Harriet; who married  William Johnson Shaw; of Buenos Ayres; with issue; and (7) Eliza  Ann; who married her cousin; Richard Mackenzie; C。E。;  Montreal; above mentioned。

10。  Mary; born in 1814; and married James Barnard; shipowner; Greenock; without issue。  She died in 1875。

11。  Eliza; who married  Alexander Duckworth; with issue。

Alexander died on the 23rd of February; 1836; aged 66 years; his  wife having predeceased him on the 8th of June; 1828。  They were both  buried at Blackburn; Lancashire。  He was succeeded as representative of  the family by his eldest son;

II。  WILLIAM   MACKENZIE; afterwards of  Newbie; Dumfries…shire; and of  Auchenskeoch; County of Kirkcud…bright; who was born at Marsden  Chapel on the 20th of March; 1794。

He was a celebrated engineer; first  beginning his career under David  Mackintosh; his father's partner。

He subsequently practised his  profession under Telford。  He made his way very rapidly; taking part in  most of the great engineering worksrailways; canals; and  bridgesof his time; and in the Shannon improvements; in  connection with which the  Secretary for Ireland complimented  him in the highest terms in the  House of Commons。  After the  introduction of railways he  constructed the great Lime Street  tunnel under Liverpool。  He  afterwards contracted for and  engineered many  railwaysin  some of which be was partner with  John Stephenson and othersin  Scotland and England; including  the Glasgow and Greenock line; the  London and Birmingham; the Trent  Valley; the Lancaster and Carlisle;  the North Union; the Ormskirk; and  the Caledonian railway。  He and Brassey finding they were  tendering against one another; in  1841 joined forces for French  railways; and constructed under the firm name of Mackenzie & Brassey  (which consisted of himself; his brother Edward; and Brassey) the  Paris and Rouen and Paris and Boulogne and Amiens; and several  other railways in France; Belgium; and Spain; notably the Barcelona  and Seville; and the Paris and Bourdeaux lines。  Both King Louis  Philippe and his successor Prince  Louis Napoleon; then President of  the French Republic and afterwards  Emperor; showed him many marks  of friendship and esteem; the latter  having decided to make him a  Chevalier of the Legion of Honour  just before he died。  In 1851; at  Tours; at the opening of the Paris  and Orleans Railway; Napoleon;  grasping him by the band; thus  addressed him〃I am happy to see  you again so well。  I am still  happier to have the opportunity of  thanking you。 as President; for the  great and useful works you have  executed in France。  I shall be glad  to confer on you the decoration of  the Legion of Honour; and I trust  your Government will permit you  to wear a distinction so well…merited。〃  On the same occasion  Napoleon exchanged portraits with  him。  Mackenzie; however; died  very soon after; be

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