CROMARTY, GEORGE MACKENZIE, 1ST EARL OF (163o-1714), Scottish statesman, joined the Scottish rising on behalf of Charles II. in 1654 and was in exile until the Restora tion when he became a lord of session with the title of Lord Tarbat. His opposition to Lauderdale kept him out of official employment from 1664 to 1678, but he then became lord justice general (1678), lord clerk register and a lord of session (1681), and from 1682 to 1688 he was the chief minister of Charles II. and James II. in Scotland. He made his peace with William, and held high office both under William and Mary and Anne. He re ceived his earldom in 1703, and died on Aug. 17, 1714. His grandson George, 3rd earl (c. 1703-1766), forfeited his peerage for his share in the rising on behalf of Charles Edward in 1745. The 3rd earl's son, LORD MACLEOD (1727-1789), was also an active supporter of Prince Charles, and was only pardoned in 1746 on the surrender of all his rights. He went abroad, and served in the Swedish army until 1777, when he returned to Scotland, took service under the crown, and helped to raise, chiefly from the Mackenzie clan, the battalion which became the Highland Light Infantry. His estates were restored in 1784, and he died on April 2, 1789.