Sir Hector Mackenzie - 4th Baronet of Gairloch - new son found.

[Eleanor Rigby]

Hi there

Jane died  about 24 Sep 1824 [uncertain] at about age 37 in Kinkell Castle, Dingwall, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

[Forfarian]

Jane Urquhart & Sir Hector were never married. hence no divorce!

I took it to mean that Sir Hector and Mrs Cochrane Chalmers were divorced. Could Mrs C C have been the mother of this William b 1787?

[Eleanor Rigby]

hi there

I doubt it very much.  All the information we have found says that she was a socialite and always away in London and they divorced without having any children.  I  presume Sir Hector wanted children to carry on the line!!! 

[mckha489]

Hi there

Jane died  about 24 Sep 1824 [uncertain] at about age 37 in Kinkell Castle, Dingwall, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom

something not right there. 1824 minus 37 is 1787
that piece you attached earlier says she had died by the time the divorce proceedings were commenced.

I think you need to find the documentation for the divorce.

[Eleanor Rigby]

Hi there

Sorry, I meant that Jean (Mackenzie) Muirson died in 1824 aged about 37 at Kinkell Castle.

I need to double check the birth & death of Jane Urquhart and see if I can find any divorce papers for Cochrane & Sir Hector.  Thanks again for your help.

[Margow]

Re reply #4: the passage quoted is taken from Leah Leneman, Alienated Affections: The Scottish Experience of Divorce and Separation 1684-1830 (Edinburgh University Press 1998), p.158.  The superscript 3 at the end refers to National Records of Scotland cc8/5/23; Complete Baronetage 1665-1707 (Exeter 1904)

National Records of Scotland cc8/5/23 = Register of Consistorial Decreets 23 Jan 1795-22 Dec 1797

Re reply #7: the actual divorce papers are held by the National Records of Scotland cc8/6//975   Process of Divorce: Mrs Cochrane Chalmers v Sir Hector McKenzie   15 and 22 Apr 1796   

[Eleanor Rigby]

Hi there

Thank you for that information. most appreciated.