Baron Seaforth

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Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth

Baron Seaforth was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Great Britain and the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

For the first time on October 26, 1797, the title Baron Seaforth , of Kintail in the County of Ross , was created in the Peerage of Great Britain for the military and former MP Francis Mackenzie . He was a great-grandson of Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth . As he survived all of his four sons, the title expired on his death on January 11, 1815.

On January 19, 1921, the title Baron Seaforth , of Brahan in Urray in the County of Ross and Cromarty , for the military and politician James Stewart-Mackenzie was recreated in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . This was a grandson of his daughter the Baron's first award. The baron died childless on March 3, 1923, with which the title expired.

List of Barons Seaforth

Barone Seaforth, first bestowal (1797)

Barone Seaforth, second award (1921)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The London Gazette : 14052, 968 , October 7, 1797.
  2. ^ The London Gazette : No. 32216, p. 941 , February 4, 1921.

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