William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth photograph

William Mackenzie, 5th Earl Of Seaforth

William Mackenzie, 5th Earl Of Seaforth Life story


William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth, and 2nd titular Marquess of Seaforth, also known as Uilleam Dubh, or Black William, was a Scottish peer and head of Clan Mackenzie. Educated in France and brought up as a Roman Catholic, he was attainted for his part in the 1715 Jacobite Rising and also joined the 1719 Rising.

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