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Hereditary Chief of the Clan Mackenzie
Cabarfeidh
The 5th Earl of Cromartie

The 5th Earl of Cromartie

John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie; Baron Castlehaven, Baron MacLeod of Castle Leod

5th Earl of Cromartie (Mackenzie)
(Earl UK, 1861)

John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie; Viscount Tarbat, Baron Castlehaven, Baron MacLeod, created 1861; MIExpE; explosives engineer; recognised by Lord Lyon as Chief of Clan Mackenzie; discontinued the use of the forename and surname of Blunt 1962; b. 12 June 1948; son of 4th Earl of Cromartie, MC, TD and Olga (d. 1996), daughter of the late Stuart Laurence; succeeded his father, 1989; educated: Rannoch School, Perthshire, and Strathclyde University; Member: Council, Mountaineering Council of Scotland, 1995-; author of Selected Climbs in Skye, 1982; articles in Classic Rock Climbs and Cold Climbs; married, 1985, Janet Clare, daughter of Christopher James Harley, of Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, and has issue. Recreations: mountaineering, art, astronomy, geology. Heir: his son the Viscount Tarbat, quod vide. Address: Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, IV4 9AA.
Clubs: Army and Navy; Scottish Mountaineering.

Sons:
Colin Ruaridh (Viscount Tarbat), b 1987.
Hon Alasdair Kenelm Stuart, b 1989.

[Sources: Extracted from Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 1995 and Who's who 1998, 150th edition ]

Arms of the 5th Earl of Cromartie

Blazon of Arms of the 5th Earl of Cromartie

Shield:

Azure, a deer's head cabossed Or

Crest:

A mountain in flames Proper

Motto:

LUCEO NON URO

Supporters:

On a compartment embellished with stag's horn club moss two savages wreathed about the head and middle each holding in the exterior hand a baton resting on the shoulder burning at the end and the hair likewise enflamed all Proper.

Lineage of the Earl of Cromartie

Table of Contents

Bullet Surname List
Bullet Descendants
Bullet Drop Chart
Bullet Index

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Surname List

ABOYNE, AINSLIE, ATKINS, AUCHINLECK, BAYNE, BENSON, BLUNT-MACKENZIE, BROUN, BURNET, CALDER, CALLANDER, CAMPBELL, CATHCART, CHAPLIN, CHISHOLM, CLARKE, CUTHBERT, DAVIDSON, DICK, DOWNING-PORTER, DRAKE, DRAYTON, DUNBAR, DUNCAN, EDWARDS, ELIBANK, ELLIOT, ERSKINE, FORBES, FRASER, FRAZER, GIBSON-CRAIG, GLASSFORD, GORDON, GRAHAM, GRANT, HADWEN, HALYBURTON, HASTINGS, HAY, HAY-MACKENZIE, HIX, HUNTER, INNES, KILGOUR, KINNEAR, LAMONT, LAURANCE, LESLIE, LINDA, LUCAS, MACDONALD, MACKENZIE, MACKENZIE, MACLEOD, MACRAE, MARTINAEU, MARTINEAU, MATTHEW, MCLEAN, MIDDLETON, MONRO, MUNRO, MURDOCK, MURRAY, OLIVER, REID, ROBERTSON, ROSE, ROSS, SINCLAIR, STEWART, STEWART-RICHARDSON, SUTHERLAND, TAYLOR, THOMSON, TROUBRIDGE, WELTER, WEMYSS

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