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Earldom of Seaforth
Creation date3 December 1623[1]
CreationFirst
Created byJames I
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderColin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth
Last holderKenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth
StatusExtinct
Extinction date1781
Seat(s)Brahan Castle
MottoLuceo Non Uro
("I shine but do not burn")

Earl of Seaforth was a title in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland, derived from Loch Seaforth on the coast of Lewis.[2] It was held by the family of Mackenzie from 1623 to 1716, and again from 1771 to 1781.[3]

  1. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  2. ^ Mackenzie, W. C. (1903). History of the Outer Hebrides. Paisley: Alexander Gardner. p. 291.
  3. ^ Earl of Seaforth One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Seaforth, Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 533.

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