George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie

The Earl of Cromartie
Preceded by	John Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Cromartie
Personal details
Born	1703
Died	28 September 1766
Spouse(s)	Isabel Gordon

George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie (c. 1703–28 September 1766) was a Scottish nobleman.

He succeeded his father John, the 2nd earl, in February 1731. In 1745, he joined Charles Edward Stuart and he served with the Jacobites until April 1746 when he was taken prisoner in Sutherland after the Battle of Littleferry. He was tried and sentenced to death, but he obtained a conditional pardon although his peerage was forfeited, allegedly because his wife was heavily pregnant. He was however reduced to extreme poverty, because the family estates and rights were confiscated in 1748. He died on 28 September 1766 in Soho Square, London, having never gone north of the River Trent again, in keeping with the terms of his pardon.

He married Isabel Gordon, daughter of Sir William Gordon of Invergordon, on 23 September 1724 and had a large family of young children in 1746. His numerous children, three sons, and nine daughters, were:

with issue.

 Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1893). "". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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