Peerage Record – 4681

     René Eugène Welter is the son of Professor Georges F. Welter.¹ He married Lady Gilean Frances Blunt-Mackenzie, daughter of Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and Dorothy Downing, on 3 October 1959.¹ He and Lady Gilean Frances Blunt-Mackenzie were divorced in 1973.¹

     Professor Georges F. Welter lived at Montreal, Ontario, Canada^G.¹ He held the office of Consul-General for Luxemburg.¹

     John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie was born on 12 June 1948.¹ He is the son of Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and Olga Laurence.¹ He married, firstly, Helen Murray, daughter of John Murray, in 1973.¹ He and Helen Murray were divorced in 1983.¹ He married, secondly, Janet Clare Harley, daughter of Christopher James Harley and Mary Elizabeth Stuart Weir, in 1985.¹
     He was given the name of John Ruaridh Blunt Grant Blunt-Mackenzie at birth.¹ He was educated at Rannoch School, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹ In 1962 his name was legally changed to John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie.¹ He was educated at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland^G.¹ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Explosives Engineers (M.I.Exp.E.)² He was an explosives engineer.² He held the position of Chief of the Clan Mackenzie from in 1980.¹ He wrote the book Selected Climbs in Skye, published 1982.² He succeeded as the 5th Baron Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 13 December 1989.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 13 December 1989.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baron Macleod of Castle Leod, co. Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 13 December 1989.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Cromartie [U.K., 1861] on 13 December 1989.¹ He lived in 2003 at Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland^G.²

     Helen Murray is the daughter of John Murray.¹ She married John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie, son of Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and Olga Laurence, in 1973.¹ She and John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie were divorced in 1983.¹
     Her married name became Mackenzie.

     Nadia Christine Welter was born on 26 December 1960.¹ She is the daughter of René Eugène Welter and Lady Gilean Frances Blunt-Mackenzie.¹

     Michael George Welter was born on 8 February 1964.¹ He is the son of René Eugène Welter and Lady Gilean Frances Blunt-Mackenzie.¹

     Hon. Walter Osra Blunt-Mackenzie was born on 6 December 1906.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie.¹ He married, firstly, Pamela Leslie Ursula Oliver on 21 March 1934.¹ He and Pamela Leslie Ursula Oliver were divorced in 1940.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Hix, daughter of Theophilius D. Hix, on 16 February 1946.¹ He died on 8 January 1951 at age 44.¹
     He fought in the Second World War between 1941 and 1943, in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves.¹

     Lady Janet Frances Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie was born on 24 November 1900.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie.¹ She died on 19 December 1900.¹

     Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie was born on 22 March 1911.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie.¹ She married Captain Oscar Linda, son of General Maximilian Linda and Sophie (?), on 22 November 1947.¹
     Her married name became Linda. She lived in 2003 at Assynt House, Evanton, Ross-shire, Scotland^G.¹

     Captain Oscar Linda is the son of General Maximilian Linda and Sophie (?)¹ He married Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie, daughter of Lt.-Col. Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and Sibell Lilian Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Cromartie, on 22 November 1947.¹