The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-06
SCOTCH BARONET IN
FINANCIAL TROUBLE

ms tnreo IRlr sons 10 tho TOMB ana
will die knowing that his broad lands
shall pass away to n stranger and that
tho remnant OF his possessions shall
be Inherited By white hooded lassic
from tho East and she Is to Kill her
sister. As a sign from which 1t may
DO known that these things are come
to pass. thcre will BIO four great lairds
In the days of the last Senforth. namo-
ly. Gairloch. Chisholm, Grant and
toothed. one hare-lipped. one half
witted and another stammeref. And
he may know that his sons arc DOOM
ed to death and that his broad lands
shall pass away to the stranger"
The last Earl OF Seaforth, born in
1864. although he became deaf and
dumb. was a man of great ability,
friend of Sir Walter Scott. raised
army; perhaps the only instance of u
man thus afflicted attaining so high
a. military rank: and was Governor of
Barbados. Ills three sons grew to
manhood and he had several, dauSh-
ters.. Although no saw around him
the four lairds with the respective In
flrmities that the seer of Brahan had
foretold, he refused to believe in the
suddenly within short time. To-
wards the close of his life his affairs
became terribly embarrassed. and he
was forced to sell his IIintail estates.
After his death his eldest daughter,
the wife of Admiral Sir James Hood.
came from the East Indies to take
possession OF what remained of tho Sea-
forth estates. and while driving her
younger sister IN Il pony carriaga
through the castle grounds. managed
to ovcrturn tho trap in such way
on the spot.
Lady Hood, tho hooded lassie from
the East" married as her second hus-
son of tho sixth Earl OF Galloway,
took his name. added TO 1t her own
maiden name of Mackenzie,. and
gcther. BY this marriage James Ste
wart Mackenzie. who was In turn Gov
ernor Of ceylon and Lord High Com
missioner of the Ionian Islands. the
hooded lassie from the East" had n
number of children. Her eldest son
was Keith Stewart Mackenzie. who In
and his son, Colonel James stewart
Mackenzie, formerly commanding the
crack regiment OF Ninth Lancers, Is
now known as seaforth- north of the
Seatorth only through the female line,
that Is to say. through his grand
mother. He is married to Miss stein
kopf tho heiress OF that Anglo Ger
man millionaire Steinkopf. who was
the proprietor OF the ST. Jamess Ca
Zette. the owner OF the Apollinaris
water concern; and the friend OF Bis
marck.
The Kintall estates of the the form
or Earls OF Seaforth belong to-day TO
another Mackenzie, who has. however,
tho Seaforth Mackcnzies or with the
Mackenzies OF Tarbat or of Scatwell
toWards the middle of Queen Vic
toria's reign there returned to Enr-
land from India Sco1chman known
as James Mackenzie. although. ac-
cording to many, his original pat
ronymic had been Thompson and he
had made big fortune by trade in
the Orient He Is said to have been
me NE original of Thackcray's Alta
tiva @ tha armory the representa-
dennis" !" Gil
Settling down IN his native Scot
land, he purchased the $4,000 aero es-
,ate OF kintaii. and on tho strength
OF Nihtaii This Infatuated all good
Scotchmen. and led to bitter denun.
t trin OF ms usurpation OF this his
toric designation, both In society and
the press. He turned deaf ear.
however, to the matter until he was
created baronct.
Baronetcies are usually accompanied
oy territorial designation, and when
me moment arrived for the Royal
66;nnGige Oh Arms to register the new
patent. Sir james Mackenzie found
himself confronted by an annaa;
loGged with the aut.prities by Colonel
lanes stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth,
by the NlacKenZies OF Starbat and Scat
OF the great Scotch house or Mackenzie.
demanding that inasmuch as their
Peaigrecs disclosed no relationship.
however remote. with the newly
creaeed baronct. no sanction should
pc given by the crown. in it's grant OF
MS TUE. to his unwarranted adoption
OF the time honored designation OF
Mackenzie Of l<intail.
rms proved effective Sir James
abandoned the style or Mackenzie Of
intali and contented himself Instead
with that of Mackenzie of Glen Nruicle
Glen Muick is in the neighborhood
Of balmoral and the Mackenzios NJ
Glen Muck ended by being admitted
INTO the intimacy OF the royal family
3t Baimoral. as near neighbors. IN
deed. both Queen Alexandra and King
George were present as sponsors nj
t christening tho other day In the
chapei Royal. st. james, OF the Infant
son OF Allan Mackenzie and of his
LORD and Lady Knollys. Allan Mac
kchZlc IL :: grandson OF the first Bar
ohet or Glen Muck and next heir To
the title and estates now held bv bis
elder brother, the unmarried Sin, Vie
Tor Mackenzie, OF the Scots Guards.
Copyright, 1919 by the Brentwood
Company