Anna Mackenzie | |
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 Lady Mackenzie, countess of Balcarres and afterwards of Argyll | |
| Born | uncertain. his first biographer, in 19th century estimated 1621, which is incorrect as her brother was Christianized in Sep 1621, and Childs were Christianized in the first months of their life. |
| Died | 1707 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Jacobite |
Lady Anna Mackenzie (1621–1707), also Ann MacKenzie, was a Scottish courtier, wife of the first Earl of Balcarres and the mother of the second and third. After her first husband died, she married Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. She was a governess to William III when he was a child. Mackenzie suffered because she was a Jacobite and her second husband was executed for leading a rising against James VII and II which was intended to support the Monmouth Rebellion. She 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.[1] Her memoirs were published more than a century after her death.