Lairds of Gairloch.

NAME.BORN.SUCCEEDED.DIED.
[Hector Roy Mackenzie]144014941528
[John Glassich Mackenzie]151315281550
[Hector Mackenzie]154215501566
[John Roy Mackenzie]154815661628
[Alastair Breac Mackenzie]157716281638
[Kenneth Mackenzie]160516381669
[Alexander Mackenzie]165216691694
[Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart.]167116941703
[Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart.] (ninth laird)170017031766
[Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart.] (tenth laird)173117661770
[Sir Hector Mackenzie, Bart.]175717701826
[Sir Francis Alexander Mackenzie, Bart.]179918261843
[Sir Kenneth Smith Mackenzie, Bart.]18321843—

Hector Roy received a grant of Gairloch from King James IV. in 1494. He is believed to have had a similar grant some years before.

Several of the dates given above are conjectural, especially among the earlier generations. For fuller details and evidence of dates see the History of the Mackenzies by Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot.

Since John Roy Mackenzie, each laird of Gairloch has been the eldest or eldest surviving son of the preceding laird. John Roy was third son of John Glassich, who was the eldest son of Hector Roy. John Roy's elder brothers, Hector and Alexander, died without issue.

APPENDICES.

Extracts from Old Writers and Records, &c.

[A].Genealogical Account of the MacRaes, by Rev. John Macrae, who died 1704.
[B].Tour in Scotland, by Thomas Pennant, in 1772.
[C].Old Statistical Account of Scotland, 1792.
[D].Dr MacCulloch's Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, 1811 to 1821.
[E].New Statistical Account of Scotland, 1836.
[F].Records of the Presbytery of Dingwall.
[G].Records and Extracts relating to Sir George Hay and the Manufacture of Iron.
[H].Addenda on St Maelrubha and Ecclesiastical History.