Colum MacKenzie

Colum MacKenzie is a supporting character in the novel Outlander and it's sequel, Dragonfly In Amber. He also appears in the first and second season of the Starz television series adaptation (which adapts the first and second books in the series). He is the ruler of Castle Leoch, one of the maternal uncles of Jamie Fraser, and the patriarch of the Mackenzie Clan. He is also the son of Jacob and Anne Mackenzie, the husband of Letitia, the legal father of Hamish, the uncle of Jamie Fraser and Jenny Murray, the great-uncle of Brianna Mackenzie,  and young Ian Murray and the brother of Jamie's mother Ellen, and four other siblings: Janet Dougal, Jocasta and Flora, 
He was portrayed by Gary Lewis, who also portrayed Alator of the Catha from the Merlin series. 
== History ==
=== Season 1 ===
He has a strained relationship with the series' protagonist, Claire, especially when he forced to remain at Castle Leoch to work as their healer. When Jamie and Claire return from tax collecting with Dougal, Colum immediately disapproves of their marriage and laughs off Dougal's feelings for Geillis Duncan, especially learning she was pregnant with his child. After Claire and Geillis are accused of witchcraft, he does not help either of them. However, he comes to regret this and asks her to euthanize him. 
=== Season 2 ===
Before he succumbs to his illness, Colum apologizes to her and Jamie. He asks Jamie to take care of his son and tells Claire that Geillis gave birth to her and Dougal's son before her execution. 
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