Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose

Kenneth Mackenzie, commonly called Lord Fortrose, was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 22nd October 1761 aged 43 (near Thomas Sprat's monument). He has no memorial or marker. In the burial register and on his coffin plate just his initials K.M.L.F are given.

He was the only son of William, 5th Earl of Seaforth in the peerage of Scotland (who was attainted on account of his connection with the Jacobite rising of 1715) and his wife Mary, daughter of Nicholas Kennet.  He was educated partly in France under the Jesuits and became Member of Parliament for Inverness and Ross-shire in Scotland. On 11th September 1741 he married Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of Alexander, 6th Earl of Galloway. Their only son Kenneth was subsequently created Viscount Fortrose and Earl of Seaforth in the peerage of Ireland but he died without a son in 1781 and the titles became extinct. They had six daughters, the youngest of whom, Euphemia, married William Stewart. Their son John Stewart was buried in the Abbey and has a memorial.

Further information:

www.historyofparliamentonline.org

His will is at the National Archives