14 Facts About Anna Mackenzie

Lady Anna Mackenzie, Ann MacKenzie, was a Scottish courtier, wife of the first Earl of Balcarres and the mother of the second and third.

Anna Mackenzie was a governess to William III when he was a child.

Anna Mackenzie worked to keep together the estates of Balcarres despite the tumultuous times in which she lived and her family's support of the Jacobite cause.

Anna Mackenzie's memoirs were published more than a century after her death.

Anna Mackenzie's parents were Colin Mackenzie, the first earl of Seaforth, Viscount Fortrose, and Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, and Margaret, the daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

Anna Mackenzie had several siblings, all of whom died young except for an elder sister, Jean.

Anna Mackenzie worked throughout her life to keep together the estates of Balcarres despite the tumultuous times in which she lived and her family's support of the Jacobite cause.

Anna Mackenzie's husband tried to raise a rebellion in Scotland, but in 1654 they were both summoned to France to assist the king.

Anna Mackenzie managed to escape to Holland due to the brave intervention of Anna's daughter, Sophia Lindsay, who smuggled him away disguised as one of her servants.

Anna Mackenzie was in time supported financially by the King despite her husband's estates being seized.

Anna Mackenzie's husband supported the Monmouth rebellion by raising a rebellion in Scotland to partner the force established in England by the Duke of Monmouth.

Anna Mackenzie was arrested as soon as her husband arrived in Scotland to raise the rebellion and placed in Edinburgh Castle.

Anna Mackenzie was buried beside her first husband and their son Charles in the Balcarres chapel, although no record of interment is found in the parish books.

Anna Mackenzie's memories were gathered together and published in 1868 by Alexander Crawford Lindsay the 25th Earl of Crawford.