Ancient deeds and other writs in the Mackenzie-Wharncliffe charter-chest

MACKENZIE-WHARNCLIFFE DEEDS
ancient writs there is a charter by Raigenaldus de Kynnaird in favour
of his cousin Andrew de Muncur of that ilk of the lands of Muncur, in
the shire of Perth. The family seems to have been, as landowners, long
extinct. The Browns retained this property of Balmaw until they sold
it to Mr. George Mackenzie in 1693.
There is nothing in any of the deeds connected with this part of
Balmaw of any special interest.
It has been already noticed that at the date of his death Sir George
Mackenzie, in addition to the other lands and estates mentioned in these
notes, possessed a residence in Edinburgh, and a small property known
as the barony of Shank, and the lands of Haughhead, all lying in the
county of Edinburgh. His house in Edinburgh was known as the
' Abbot of Melrose's lodging,' it having originally been the town house
of that abbot. Both the Edinburgh house and the lands in the county
of Edinburgh passed, along with Sir George Mackenzie's other estates,
to the Right Honourable James Stewart Mackenzie, Sir George's great-
grandson, whose title was completed thereto in 1739. Mr. James Stewart
Mackenzie was the second son of James, second Earl of Bute, who was
married to Lady Ann Campbell, daughter of Archibald, first Duke of
Argyll. Lady Bute survived her husband, and was married a second
time to Alexander Fraser of Strichen, one of the Senators of the College
of Justice, under the name of Lord Strichen. Frequent reference is
made in these notes to Lady Bute and Lord Strichen. She by her
first marriage had two sons, John, third Earl of Bute, and Mr. James
Stewart Mackenzie. The latter married his cousin, Lady Elizabeth
Campbell, to whom frequent reference is made as ' Lady Betty Camp-
bell,' the fourth daughter of John, second Duke of Argyll and Greenwich.
No children survived her. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie is frequently referred
to in the most kindly and appreciative way by the famous Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu in her correspondence, and she named him as a
legatee in her last will. The first reference to him in Lady Mary's
correspondence is in a letter to the Countess of Pomfret of 29th June
1740, in which she refers to Mr. Mackenzie as being 'a very pretty
youth, much enchanted by the charms of Lady Sophia,' that is, Lady
Sophia Fermor.
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