John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie (born 12 June 1948) is a Scottish engineer and peer. He is the current chief of Clan Mackenzie.[1][2]
The Earl of Cromartie | |
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 Cromartie Coat of Arms | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Ruaridh Blunt Grant Blunt-Mackenzie[1] June 12, 1948 |
| Spouse(s) |
Helen Murray
(m. 1973; div. 1983)Janet Claire Harley
(after 1985) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie |
| Residence | Castle Leod |
| Known for | Chief of Clan Mackenzie |
Early life
editHe is the only child of Roderick Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and his second wife, the former Olga (née Laurence) Mendoza (d. 1996).[1] His mother, who was previously married to Peter Mendoza, was a daughter of Stuart Laurance of Paris. From his father's first marriage to Dorothy Downing Porter, he has two elder half-sisters, Lady Julia Blunt-Mackenzie and Lady Gilean Blunt-Mackenzie.[3]
His paternal grandmother was Lady Sibell Lilian Mackenzie, suo jure Countess of Cromartie, who married his grandfather, Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt later Blunt-Mackenzie DL (the eldest son of Maj.-Gen. Charles Harris Blunt of Adderbury Manor).[3]
He was educated at Rannoch School, Perthshire and at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1]
Career
editLord Cromartie is registered as a Member of the Institution of Explosives Engineers (M.I.Exp.E.) as an explosives engineer.[1]
He has held the position of Chief of Clan Mackenzie since 1980, he wrote the SMC climbing guidebook Selected Climbs in Skye, which was published in 1982.[4] He succeeded to the titles of 5th Baron Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, 5th Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, 5th Baron MacLeod of Castle Leod, and 5th Earl of Cromartie on 13 December 1989.[1]
The seat of the Earl is at Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire.[1]
Personal life
editCromartie married firstly Helen Murray, daughter of John Murray, a steelworker at Lanarkshire, in 1973, and divorced in 1983, by whom he had an only son:[3]
- Hon. Kenneth Mackenzie (1980–1980), who died in infancy.[1]
He married secondly Janet Clare Harley, daughter of Christopher James Harley of Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, in 1985. They have two sons:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 977. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Mackenzie chief and wife part company". Ross-shire Journal. 30 March 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Cromartie, Earl of (UK, 1861)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ MacKenzie, John R. (1982). Rock and Ice Climbs in Skye. Scottish Mountaineering Club. ISBN 9780907521051.
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