Colonel James Alexander Francis Humberston Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, (9 November 1847 – 3 March 1923) was a

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soldier, who was regarded by many as chief of

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. Stewart-Mackenzie was the son of Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie (a son of

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) and Hannah Charlotte (daughter of

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). His sister became a society hostess and politician, known as Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier. His grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie, daughter and heiress of

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, whose title had become extinct when his four sons all predeceased him. He was educated at

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and in 1867 was commissioned into the

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. He served for over thirty years, retiring as the regiment's colonel. He fought at Maidan,

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, Sherpur and

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in the Afghan War of 1878–1880. He then served as military secretary to Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras. Following his retirement he devoted himself mainly to the management of his estates from his ancestral seat of Brahan Castle in

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. He was appointed a Vice-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarthy in March 1900, and was elected to Ross and Cromarty County Council. He also carried out considerable philanthropic work in the area. He was raised to the

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in the 1921 New Year Honours for his services to Ross and Cromarty, taking the same title as his great-grandfather, Baron Seaforth, of Brahan in

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in the County of Ross and Cromarty. Two years later he died of pneumonia without an heir and the title once again became extinct.

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'', 5 March 1923 {{DEFAULTSORT:Seaforth, 1st Baron 1847 births 1923 deaths People from Ross and Cromarty Nobility from Highland (council area) People educated at Glenalmond College 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War Scottish philanthropists Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom James 19th-century Scottish landowners Barons created by George V British people of Portuguese-Jewish descent Scottish justices of the peace Scottish people of Portuguese descent 20th-century Scottish landowners