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THE CELTIC MAGAZINE. 449
instances of grecat personal daring, he was wounded only once, when on a
certain occasion he was struck with a spent ball on the knee, Avliich made
walking somewhat troublesome to him in after life. At Tarragona he was
so mortified with Sir John Murray's conduct, that he almost forgot that
he himself was only second in command, and charged Sir John with in-
capacity and cowardice, for which the latter was tried by Court Martial
— General Mackenzie being one of the principal witnesses against him.
Full of vigour of mind and body, he took a lively interest in everything
in which he took a part, from fishing and shooting to farming, gardening,
politics, and fighting. He never forgot his native Gaelic, which he spoke
with fluency and read with ease. Though a severe disciplinarian, his
men adored him. He often said that it ga\e him greater pleasure to see
a dog from Gairloch than a gentleman from anywhere else. When the
78th returned from the Indian Mutiny the officers and men were feted at
a grand banquet by the town of Inverness, and as the regiment marched
thjough Academy Street, where the General resided, they halted opposite
his residence (now the Lancashire Insurance Office) ; and though so very
frail that he had to be carried in a chair, he was taken out and his chair
placed on the wide steps at the door, where the regiment saluted and
warmly cheered their old and distinguished veteran commander, who had
so often led their predecessors to victory ; and then the oldest officer in,
and " father " of, the British army. He was much affected, and wept
with joy at again meeting his beloved 78th — the only tears he was known
to have shed since the days of his childhood. He married Lilias, youngest
daughter of Alexander ( 'hishohn of Chisholm, with issue — (1) Alastair,
who first served in the army, but afterwards settled down, and became a
magistrate, in the Bahamas, where he married an American lady, Wade
Ellen, daughter of George Huyler, Consul General of the United States,
and French Consul in the same place, with issue — a son, the Rev. George
William Eussel Mackenzie, an Episcopalian minister ; and (2) a daughter,
Lilias Mary Chisholm, unmarried. Alastair afterwards left the Bahamas,
and went to Melbourne as Treasurer for the Government of Victoria,
where he died, about twenty-five years ago. The General died on the
14th June 1860, aged 96 years, and was buried in the Gairloch aisle at
Beauly.
3. Kenneth, born 14th February 1765, a Captain in the army, served
in India, and was at the siege of Seringapatam. He soon after retired
and settled down as a gentleman farmer in Kerrisdale, Gairloch. He
married Florence, tiaughter of Farquhar Macrae of Inverinate, with issue
— three sons and four daughters.
4. Jean, died young.
5. Margaret, married Roderick Mackenzie, 11. of Glack, Aberdeen-
shire, with issue ; and
6. Janet, who married Captain John Mackenzie, Woodlands, son of
George Mackenzie, II. of Gruinard, without issue.
He had also a natural daughter, Janet, who married John iMacpherson,
by whom she had Hector Macpherson, merchant, Gairloch ; Alexander
Macpherson, blacksmith, and several others.
The second Lady Mackenzie of Gairloch, Jean Gorry, died in 1766,
probably at the birth of her last daughter, Janet, born on the 14th Octo-