Individual Details
Colin "Cam or One-eyed" Mackenzie
(1536 - 14 Jun 1594)
[[Category: Clan Mackenzie]]
[[Category:Mackenzie of Kintail]]
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==Biography==}Colin Mackenzie, the future 11th Laird of Kintail was born in 1536. He was the son of [[Mackenzie-162|Kenneth Mackenzie]] 10th Laird of Kintail and [[Stewart-1602|Lady Elizabeth Stewart]]. He married Barbara Grant, daughter of John Grant of Grant and Freuchie. He died on 14 June 1594.
Colin, Chief of the MacKenzies fought on Queen Mary's side at the battle of Langside in 1568. In Aug. 1569 he and Donald Gormeson MacDonald of Skye were forced in the presence of the Regent Moray and the Privy Council at Perth to settle the feuds they had been involved in. Also in 1569 he signed the bond acknowledging James VI and bound himself to obtain letters of slains from the family of the late John M'Anemoir.(1)
Colin Cam (one-eyed) as heir to his father received several lands in Ross in Oct. 1574(2) and had charters to Allangrange 14 Aug. 1572(3), to Lochbroyne 6 Dec. 1572(4), to Kirktoun of Foddertie 4 Feb. 1577(5), to half the lands of Culteboyd and others 5 Feb. 1582/3(6), to the barony of Assint 20 Jan. 1591/2 resigned by his nephew Torquil Macleod(7), to the church land of Apilcroce and others 4 Feb. 1591/2(8).
In 1573-5 he provided cautioners for his staying in or near Edinburgh.(9)
In 1577/8 he was one of several chiefs charged by the Privy Council to defend Glengarry against Argyll(10). In 1578/9 he was denounced for inhumane and cruel treatment towards the Bishop of Ross and his wife Christian Scrimgeour and was ordered to deliver Chanonry Castle to Lord Methven(11) In 1582 he and his brother Roderick and Dugald were sued by Glengarry for killing many of his kin and Colin was ordered to deliver the Castle of Strome to Glengarry but then to Argyll.(12) In 1585 after a complaint from Hugh Fraser of Guisacharr he was denounced as a rebel for violently occupying Fraser's lands.(13)
In 1586 he stated that he would not injure Andrew, Lord Dingwall(14) and would desist from fishing in the water of Conon(15). In the same year he was ordered to enter Blackness Castle under pain of treason and that he would go to Edinburgh.(16) He was again complained against for obstructing the fisheries.(17)
However, his good relationship with King James VI came to his rescue and in 1586 the King granted a remission to "Colin McKainzie of Kintaill and Rodoric McKainzie of Auchterfailie" (Redcastle), "his brother, for being art and part in the cruel murder of Rodoric McAllester in Stroll; Gorie McAllester, his brother, in Stromcraig; Ronnald McGorie, the son of the latter; John Roy McAllane vic Allester, in Pitnean; John Dow McAllane vic Allester, in Kirktoun of Lochcarroun; Alexander McAllanroy, servitor of the deceased Rodoric; Sir John Monro in Lochbrume; John Monro, his son; John Monro Hucheoun, and the rest of their accomplices, under silence of night, upon the lands of Ardmanichtyke, Dalmartene, Kirktoun of Lochcarroun, Blahat, and other parts within the baronies of Lochcarroun, Lochbrume, Ros, and Kessane, in the Sheriffdom of Innerness," and for all their other past crimes. This was a good thing for Colin as the records of the Privy Council are full of complaints against him including Christian Scrymgeour, widow of the Bishop of Ross, Henry, Lord Methven, MacDonell of Glengarry, Hugh Fraser of Guisachan, "the united burghs of the realm", James Sinclair, Master of Caithness, etc., etc.In 1588-90 he was a member of a Commission for executing the laws against papists(18) and in 1589 was Commissioner for Inverness-shire to convene the freeholders for choosing representatives in Parliament and was a member of a commission to deal with reported witchcraft.(19)
In 1592/3 Colin was chosen a commissioner of Justiciary for Elgin, Nairn and Inverness and subsequently was a member of the Privy Council.(20) The Earl of Cromartie stated that: "there was none in the North for whom the King hade a greater esteem than for this Colin. He made him one of his Privie Councillors, and oft tymes invited him to be nobilitate (ennobled), but Colin always declined it, aiming rather to have his familie remarkable for power, as it were, above their qualitie than for titles that equalled their power."
==Sources==
*(2) Retours- Ross, No.6
*(3) Reg. Mag. Sig
*(4) Ibid
*(5) Ibid
*(6) Ibid
*(7) Ibid
*(8) Ibid
*(9) P.C. Reg.- II, 319,332,358,435,438
*(10) Ibid-674
*(11) Ibid- III, 80,90
*(12) Ibid- pp.505,541,555
*(13) Ibid- p.745
*(14) Ibid- Vol.IV, p.38
*(15) Ibid- p.65
*(16) Ibid- pp.70-1
*(17) Ibid- p.122
*(18) Ibid- pp.301,464
*(19) Ibid- p.384*(20) Ibid- Vol.V, pp.51,90,753; Acts and Decreets- Vol.III, p.562
*History of the MacKenzies- Alexander MacKenzie, Inverness, 1894*The Scots Peerage- Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., Douglas & Co., Edinburgh, 1904- Vol.VII, pp. 500-3*The Scottish Nation- William Anderson, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1880
* family bible
*http://thepeerage.com/p14694.htm#i146934*http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I1533&tree=CC
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Cam_Mackenzie,_11th_of_Kintail
[[Category:Mackenzie of Kintail]]
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==Biography==}Colin Mackenzie, the future 11th Laird of Kintail was born in 1536. He was the son of [[Mackenzie-162|Kenneth Mackenzie]] 10th Laird of Kintail and [[Stewart-1602|Lady Elizabeth Stewart]]. He married Barbara Grant, daughter of John Grant of Grant and Freuchie. He died on 14 June 1594.
Colin, Chief of the MacKenzies fought on Queen Mary's side at the battle of Langside in 1568. In Aug. 1569 he and Donald Gormeson MacDonald of Skye were forced in the presence of the Regent Moray and the Privy Council at Perth to settle the feuds they had been involved in. Also in 1569 he signed the bond acknowledging James VI and bound himself to obtain letters of slains from the family of the late John M'Anemoir.(1)
Colin Cam (one-eyed) as heir to his father received several lands in Ross in Oct. 1574(2) and had charters to Allangrange 14 Aug. 1572(3), to Lochbroyne 6 Dec. 1572(4), to Kirktoun of Foddertie 4 Feb. 1577(5), to half the lands of Culteboyd and others 5 Feb. 1582/3(6), to the barony of Assint 20 Jan. 1591/2 resigned by his nephew Torquil Macleod(7), to the church land of Apilcroce and others 4 Feb. 1591/2(8).
In 1573-5 he provided cautioners for his staying in or near Edinburgh.(9)
In 1577/8 he was one of several chiefs charged by the Privy Council to defend Glengarry against Argyll(10). In 1578/9 he was denounced for inhumane and cruel treatment towards the Bishop of Ross and his wife Christian Scrimgeour and was ordered to deliver Chanonry Castle to Lord Methven(11) In 1582 he and his brother Roderick and Dugald were sued by Glengarry for killing many of his kin and Colin was ordered to deliver the Castle of Strome to Glengarry but then to Argyll.(12) In 1585 after a complaint from Hugh Fraser of Guisacharr he was denounced as a rebel for violently occupying Fraser's lands.(13)
In 1586 he stated that he would not injure Andrew, Lord Dingwall(14) and would desist from fishing in the water of Conon(15). In the same year he was ordered to enter Blackness Castle under pain of treason and that he would go to Edinburgh.(16) He was again complained against for obstructing the fisheries.(17)
However, his good relationship with King James VI came to his rescue and in 1586 the King granted a remission to "Colin McKainzie of Kintaill and Rodoric McKainzie of Auchterfailie" (Redcastle), "his brother, for being art and part in the cruel murder of Rodoric McAllester in Stroll; Gorie McAllester, his brother, in Stromcraig; Ronnald McGorie, the son of the latter; John Roy McAllane vic Allester, in Pitnean; John Dow McAllane vic Allester, in Kirktoun of Lochcarroun; Alexander McAllanroy, servitor of the deceased Rodoric; Sir John Monro in Lochbrume; John Monro, his son; John Monro Hucheoun, and the rest of their accomplices, under silence of night, upon the lands of Ardmanichtyke, Dalmartene, Kirktoun of Lochcarroun, Blahat, and other parts within the baronies of Lochcarroun, Lochbrume, Ros, and Kessane, in the Sheriffdom of Innerness," and for all their other past crimes. This was a good thing for Colin as the records of the Privy Council are full of complaints against him including Christian Scrymgeour, widow of the Bishop of Ross, Henry, Lord Methven, MacDonell of Glengarry, Hugh Fraser of Guisachan, "the united burghs of the realm", James Sinclair, Master of Caithness, etc., etc.In 1588-90 he was a member of a Commission for executing the laws against papists(18) and in 1589 was Commissioner for Inverness-shire to convene the freeholders for choosing representatives in Parliament and was a member of a commission to deal with reported witchcraft.(19)
In 1592/3 Colin was chosen a commissioner of Justiciary for Elgin, Nairn and Inverness and subsequently was a member of the Privy Council.(20) The Earl of Cromartie stated that: "there was none in the North for whom the King hade a greater esteem than for this Colin. He made him one of his Privie Councillors, and oft tymes invited him to be nobilitate (ennobled), but Colin always declined it, aiming rather to have his familie remarkable for power, as it were, above their qualitie than for titles that equalled their power."
==Sources==
*(2) Retours- Ross, No.6
*(3) Reg. Mag. Sig
*(4) Ibid
*(5) Ibid
*(6) Ibid
*(7) Ibid
*(8) Ibid
*(9) P.C. Reg.- II, 319,332,358,435,438
*(10) Ibid-674
*(11) Ibid- III, 80,90
*(12) Ibid- pp.505,541,555
*(13) Ibid- p.745
*(14) Ibid- Vol.IV, p.38
*(15) Ibid- p.65
*(16) Ibid- pp.70-1
*(17) Ibid- p.122
*(18) Ibid- pp.301,464
*(19) Ibid- p.384*(20) Ibid- Vol.V, pp.51,90,753; Acts and Decreets- Vol.III, p.562
*History of the MacKenzies- Alexander MacKenzie, Inverness, 1894*The Scots Peerage- Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., Douglas & Co., Edinburgh, 1904- Vol.VII, pp. 500-3*The Scottish Nation- William Anderson, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1880
* family bible
*http://thepeerage.com/p14694.htm#i146934*http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I1533&tree=CC
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Cam_Mackenzie,_11th_of_Kintail
Events
| Birth | 1536 | Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland | |||
| Death | 14 Jun 1594 | Redcastle, Ross-shire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 185486 | ||||
| Reference No | 200196 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Kenneth Mackenzie (1513 - 1568) |
| Mother | Lady Elizabeth "Isabel" Stewart (1515 - 1567) |
| Sibling | Janet MacKenzie (1533 - 1595) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Mackenzie (1539 - 1580) |
| Sibling | Murdoch Mackenzie (1539 - 1540) |
| Sibling | Margaret Mackenzie (1543 - 1570) |
| Sibling | Dugald Mckenzie (1545 - 1610) |
| Sibling | Marjory Mackenzie (1549 - 1587) |
| Sibling | Agnes Mackenzie (1555 - 1610) |
| Sibling | Roderick Mackenzie (1557 - 1615) |
| Sibling | Dugald Mckenzie (1558 - 1559) |
| Sibling | Catherine Mackenzie (1559 - 1592) |
| Sibling | Janet McKenzie (1562 - 1563) |
| Sibling | Anne Mackenzie (1564 - ) |