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Dates 1660-62, 1688
Location London
Vocation Nobelwoman
Place of Birth Brahan Castle (near Dingwall)?
Marriage Alexander Lindsay (d.1659); Archibald Campbell (d.1685)
Issue Charles (d.1662), Colin, Sophia
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Her husband, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres was financially ruined owing to his support of the royalist cause during the civil war. When he was summoned to France by Charles II, Lady Mackenzie accompanied her husband (1654). Spending a few years at court in Paris, they moved to The Hague in 1657. When the earl died, Lady Mackenzie returned to Scotland. At the restoration, travelled to London, spending nearly two years seeking to have the sequestration lifted from their estates. Gradually improved her financial circumstances. Marriage to the Duke of Argyll resulted in financial difficulties once again, as well as imprisonment in Edinburgh Castle. Although released, the Duke was executed in 1685. Lady Mackenzie continued to maintain her familial obligations and keep the Argyll interest together until 1688. She died in 1707 and was buried at Balcarres.