MACKENZIE, MURDO [SSNE 2865]

Surname

MACKENZIE, MACKEINNIE

First name

MURDO, MURDOCH

Title/rank

REG. CHAPLAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

SUDDIE, ROSS-SHIRE

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Murdo Mackenzie lived from 1600-1688. He was the son of John Mackenzie, resident at Coire Mhic Nòbuil in Torridon and was the first laird of Groundwater in Orkney. He served as the regimental chaplain to Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment first in Danish, then in Swedish service from 1629-1630. He was later minister of Suddie, Ross-shire. He subsequently became Bishop of Moray, 1662-1677, and then Bishop of Orkney 1677-1688.

Sources:
Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/16,18; 1630/26,28,37,38; R. Monro, Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes, (London, 1637), II, p.6; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.119; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p.189; A. C. Dow, 'Ministers to the Soldiers of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1962), p.67; Fasti Ecclesiae, III, vol.1, pp.452 and 460; A. Mackenzie, 'Mackenzies of Groundwater' in History and Genealogy of the Mackenzies (Inverness, 1894), pp.493-4. Thanks to Aonghas Maccoinnich for the last two references. Conon House, NRAS 143, unpainted deed box, bundle 41, Various Papers relating to the Pedigree of the Family of Mackenzie of Gairloch, item memorial for the family of Gairloch, 1766, pp. 10-1.

This article was kindly edited by Dr Thomas Brochard

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH ARMY

Arrived 1628-01-01, as CHAPLAIN

Departed 1628-10-04, as CHAPLAIN

Capacity REG. CHAPLAIN, purpose MILITARY, ECCLESIASTICAL

SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1629-01-01, as CHAPLAIN

Departed 1630-12-31, as CHAPLAIN

Capacity REG. CHAPLAIN, purpose MILITARY, ECCLESIASTICAL