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G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes,
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fought on the mainland of Great Britain. On 20 December 1746 he was not brought to trial before the Commissioners, though he pleaded guilty to high treason, but received full pardon on 26 January 1748 on condition "that within six months of his 21st birthday he would convey to the Crown all his
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on 10 September 1780. Following disagreement with Major-General Munro on the loss of the battle, John Mackenzie returned to Scotland, but remained the regiment's Colonel until his death. He was promoted to major-general in 1784.
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Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 979.
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On 9 December 1778 his Swedish title was recognised by King George III. From 1779 he served with his regiment in the East Indies Campaign against
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Lieutenant (Clan MacLeod), Lieutenant-General (Swedish Army), Regimental Colonel (Highland Scotland), Major-General (British Army)
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John Mackenzie died in Edinburgh on 2 April 1789 following a year of illness, without descendants and was buried at the
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in 1750. Receiving financial assistance to equip himself for service from Georges de Boulogne, on the recommendation of
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rights in the Earldom" which was not restored until the reign of Queen Victoria. He would later write
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of 1757. Created a Count of Sweden he returned to Scotland in 1771 and was the first colonel of the
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during which he was taken prisoner, with his father and 218 others, on 15 April 1746 at
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Mackenzie was styled Lord MacLeod in 1731. Sailing to join the rebel army on board the
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
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Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 546.
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in 1782, he regained his family estates in 1784, restored to him by
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The Earls of Cromartie, Their Kindred, Country and Correspondence
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he joined the Prussian Army as a volunteer, serving through the
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Leaving Scotland, Mackenzie initially lived in Berlin with
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Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745
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Margery Forbes, daughter of James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes
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British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
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73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders)
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The grave of Lord MacLeod, Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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