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their original locations for so long. Could it possibly be that their work was not the building of cathedrals, but speculative? Dai McClymont Lodge Alberton 1651 SC ----------------- From: Jay Hochberg Date: Thu Apr 7, 2005 9:41 am Subject: Re: [ml] The Sinclairs/Dai > "Among other marks of royal approbation conferred on his ancestors, for their faithful and valuable services, they enjoyed the dignity if Grand Master Mason, by charters of high antiquity, from the Kings of Scotland. This hereditary honour continued in the family of Roslin under the year 1736.... Bro. Dai, The Cooper paper in AQC 115 parries this quite effortlessly. From page 112: "More to the point, however, is that the position of Grand Master simply did not exist. The offices of the Scottish crown (for example: Chancellor, Chamberlain, Comptroller, Justiciar of Scotland, Custodian of the King's Person, etc.) are known -- the post of Grand Master is not one of them. The term Grand Master first appears in the 18th century, used in a Masonic context by Anderson in 1723, when he claims that the patriarch Moses was the first Grand Master." Earlier, on page 104, Cooper notes the list of Grand Masters as reported by Anderson in 1738. Here, the first Grand Master of Masons is Malcolm Canmore (of "Macbeth" fame) in the 11th century. There are five others before our Earl of Orkney appears in the 15th century. Cooper is careful to call our attention to the timing of Malcolm's "grand mastership." He died in 1093, well before the founding of the KT. The author also asks the reader to understand that Anderson (a Scot), writing his history in 1738, would have been mindful of a Sinclair having been installed GM of the GL of Scotland only two years earlier. The point of it all is to illustrate the intertwined, overlapping and contradictory theories of Templar and/or Sinclair involvement in Masonry's evolution. Membership in the QCCC is recommended if for no other reason than to obtain this particular paper. - Jay H. --------------- Dear Bro. Jay My point remains unparried: whether or not historical records exist, the general public perception even by 1778 was that the Sinclairs had a hereditary position which the last William Sinclair abrogated in 1736. It is of no importance to the point I was making as to where or when this charter began. According to the minutes of Canongate Kilwinning and the Grand Master himself in 1778, the first named Grand Master of Scottish Freemasonry in 1736 was William Sinclair, a descendant of the architect of Rosslyn Chapel. I referred to at least one original document - not to Anderson, who, in the context of this discussion, is a secondary source. You are welcome to go to the GL of Scotland's website and examine the primary source records they have there of the GL from its foundation in 1736. I'm not at this point trying to make any assumptions about Templars and the earlier William Sinclair. I was answering certain statements recently made in the chat room about Sinclairs and the foundation of the Scottish Grand Lodge. And I'm certainly not doing verbal fencing, requiring "parrying". Dai McClymont 2. George MacKenzie 3rd Earl of Cromartie 1737-38 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackenzie%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Cromartie George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie (c. 1703–28 December 1766) succeeded his father John, the 2nd earl, in February 1731. In 1745 he joined Charles Edward, the young pretender, and he served with the Jacobites until April 1746 when he was taken prisoner in Sutherlandshire. He was tried and sentenced to death, but he obtained a conditional pardon although his peerage was forfeited. He died on the 28th of September 1766. He married Isabel Gordon on 23 September 1724 and had children: http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/mac/mackenzie03.htm Children: (1) Maj. Gen. John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod, Count Cromarty in Sweden (b 1727, d 02.4.1789 m. (04.06.1786) Margery Forbes (d 04.10.1842, dau of James Forbes, 17th Lord) • John married, 1786, Hon. Margery Forbes (1761-1842), Duchess of Atholl, daughter of James Forbes (bef. 1754-1804), 16th Baron Forbes, GM Scotland 1754-55 [see below]. Following John’s death in 1789, Margery married, 1794, John Murray (1755-1830), 4th Duke of Atholl, GM 4
Antients 1775-81 and GM Scotland 1778-90. His father, John Murray (1729-1774), 3rd Duke of Atholl was GM Antients 1771-74. [see below for both]. (2) William Mackenzie (b c1729, d 12.1736) (3) George Mackenzie (b c1741, d unm 04.06.1787, Lt. Colonel) (4) Isabella Mackenzie of Cromarty (b 30.03.1725, d 28.12.1801) m. (01.1760) George Murray, 6th Lord Elibank (b 14.05.1706, d 12.11.1785, Admiral) (5) Mary Mackenzie m1. (23.06.1750) Captain Clark m2. (08.1757) Thomas Drayton in South Carolina (6) Anne Mackenzie (d 18.01.1768 in Charlestown) m1. Edmond Atkin in USA (d 08.10.1761) m2. (16.02.1764) John Murray in Charlestown (7) Caroline Mackenzie (b 06.05.1746, d 03.10.1791) m1. (05.09.1760, sp) Captain Drake m2. Walter Hunter of Polmood and Crailing (d 15.01.1796) (A) Elizabeth Hunter (b 09.05.1775, d 11.10.1830) m. (02.06.1792) James Onchocar Forbes, [17th] 18th Lord (b 07.03.1765, d 04.05.1843, General) son of James Forbes (bef. 1754-1804), 16th [17th] Baron Forbes, GM Scotland 1754-55 [see below]. (B) Caroline Hunter (b 31.05.1777, d 25.04.1824) m. (01.09.1799) James Elliot, younger of Woollie (8) Jane Mackenzie (9) Margaret Mackenzie (d 29.03.1773) m. (21.03.1769) John Glassford of Douglastoun [Tobacco Lord] (10) Augusta Mackenzie (d 20.01.1809) m. (06.03.1770) Sir William Murray, 5th Bart of Ochtertyre (b 23.10.1746, d 06.12.1800) < Castle Leod http://www.clan-mackenzie.org.uk/clan/leod.html Forfeiture of the estate, following the 3rd Earl of Cromartie George Mackenzie's support for the ill-fated 1745 Jacobite uprising, led to the castle's darkest days, though there had been reports of it being in a run-down state earlier in the same century, when the estate was badly debt-ridden. By 1814 and the time of Castle Leod's complete renovation by the Hay-Mackenzie Lairds, it was described as "Quite a ruin...deserted except by crows", though this may have applied more to the upper upper floors. A single-storey addition to the east and low wing to the north were added in 1851, with a two-storey west wing being added to the latter in 1874. Some rebuilding of these wings took place in 1904, with a further extension added in 1912. This Victorian and Edwardian part of Castle Leod is occupied by the present Earl of Cromartie with his wife and family. Roderic MacKenzie of Akilibuy \ George MacKenzie of Coigach / Gentlemen:- Letter from the 3rd Earl of Cromartie (1748 or '49) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coigach/cromartie.htm Your letter of 22 nd August was delivered to me only the day before yesterday by Alexander MacKenzie of Bishopgate. It gives me great pleasure to prove that my friends in Coigach have not forgotin me, and that ye think of the present condition of me and my family which could not be represented to you in a worse situation than what by experience we find it to be. Any aid or assistance from my friends will be a seasonable relief to us and it will be a double pleasure to have it from my farmers of Coigach, because it will be a testimony of their friendship and regard for me which cannot be more than that which I still retain for them. What they think fit to give, may be sent to Medeat, who will remit it to me, and at the same time you may write me a letter with the names of those who do contribute officing their several names with their place of abode, that I may know them to whom I am obliged, and I hope to live to be so obliged - believe me to be very sincerely Your humble Servant & Affectionate Cousin (Signed) Cromartie -------------- The transcription of this letter is headed by it's original transcriber; Isabella Gordon, wife of Earl of Comartie > Copy of a letter written by the Earl of Cromartie which was found among my fathers papers at Three Rivers in October 1820 (Signed) Alexander MacKenzie -------------- In the 1745 Rebellion George MacKenzie, Third Earl of Cromartie, raised a regiment recruited in large part from his tenants in Coigach and officered by their Tacksmen to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie. The regiment was sent north early in 1746 to occupy SutherlandShire, and captured Dunrobin Castle there in the last siege battle fought in Britain. While rushing south to rejoin the main Jacobite army the regiment was captured by the Sutherland Militia the day before the Battle of Culloden. Some of Cromartie's Regiment drowned trying to swim across Dornoch Firth to Easter Ross, others escaped across the mountains and slowly made their way home, but 218 were taken prisoner, including the Earl and his 20 year old son John MacKenzie, titled Lord MacLeod. One third of the prisoners died in brutal captivity, 152 survived to be transported to exile in Barbados. Jamaica, and the American colonies. A lucky ten were pardoned including Lord MacLeod, who was pardoned on condition that within six months 5
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