Frances Mackenzie, Countess of Seaforth
| Frances Mackenzie | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lady Frances Herbert 1659 Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Died |
18 December 1732 Paris, France |
| Title | Countess of Seaforth |
| Tenure | 1680 - 1701 |
| Other titles |
Marchioness of Seaforth Lady Fortrose(disputed) |
| Spouse(s) | Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth |
| Issue | 4; including William |
| Parents |
William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis Lady Elizabeth Somerset |
Frances Mackenzie (née Herbert; 1659 – 18 December 1732) was an English peeress and wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth.[1]
The daughter of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Somerset, Frances was born into a Roman Catholic Jacobite family. She had one brother, William, and four sisters: Mary, Anne, Lucy and Winifred. Her family played an active part in the various Jacobite risings throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries; her father personally helped Mary of Modena and James, Prince of Wales escape after the Glorious Revolution of 1688; her sister Winifred's husband William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale was captured and put into the Tower of London, and she famously helped him escape in 1715.
Frances married a fellow Jacobite in 1680, the Scottish Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth. The Mackenzies had four children:[2] William, Mary, Alicia and Alexander. Ten years into their marriage, Kenneth was sent off to head a rising in Scotland. He was captured and imprisoned, however. He was released in 1697 and the family fled to Paris, where he died in January 1701.
After her husband's death, she remained in Paris, and died there on 18 December, 1732, aged 73.
Family
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth | 1681 | 8 January 1740 | married Mary Kennet; had issue |
| Lady Mary Sempill | 1685 | 1740 | married firstly in 1712, John Caryll; had issue married secondly in 1725, Francis Sempill; had issue |
| Lady Alicia McDonald | 1687 | 1740 | married John McDonald; had issue |
| The Hon. Alexander Mackenzie | 1688 | 1740 | married Elizabeth Bayne; had issue |
Titles and styles
- 1659 - 1680: Lady Frances Herbert
- 1680 - 1690: The Right Honourable The Countess of Seaforth
- 1690 - 1701: Her Grace The Marchioness of Seaforth and Countess of Fortrose
- 1701 - 1732: The Right Honourable Frances, Countess of Seaforth
References
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ↑ 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, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 618