History of the Frasers of Lovat

520 HISTORY OF THE FRASERS.
1879, Theodora Lovett, daughter of William Henry Darby
of Leap Castle, King's County, Ireland, also without issue.
Sir Colin Mackenzie, Baronet, VIII. of Kilcoy, a descendant of
Sir Simon Fraser of Inverallochy, the eldest son of Lady Marjory
Erskine, daughter of James, seventh Earl of Buchan, claimed the
honour and dignity of that Earldom and the Barony of Auchterhouse,
on the ground that he was the nearest heir to the ancient feudal
Earldom, and that he could not be excluded from his right by blood
by any recognition of the Scottish Parliament of the title to Lord
Cardross, which was evidently inept. But on strict examination of
the Scottish Records it was discovered that Lady Marjory Fraser,
who had been designated by all the peerage writers of the day as
the eldest daughter of her father, was really the second daughter ;
an elder sister being Lady Margaret, who, as his second wife, married
Douglas of Brigton in the county of Forfar ; and in consequence
of this discovery Sir Colin Mackenzie did not further continue his
claim to the Earldom. It therefore follows that the remarks made
on page 587 of the History of the Mackenszes, second edition, so far
as the Kilcoy claim to these honours is concerned, but in that respect
only, are inaccurate.