John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie, Date of Birth

John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie

British peer

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1948

Profession: engineer, geologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie (born 12 June 1948) is a Scottish engineer and peer.
He is the current chief of Clan Mackenzie.He is the only child of Roderick Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie and his second wife, Olga Laurence.He was educated at Rannoch School, Perthshire and at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and registered as a Member of the Institution of Explosives Engineers (M.I.Exp.E.) as an explosives engineer.He has held the position of Chief of Clan Mackenzie since 1980, wrote the book Selected Climbs in Skye, published in 1982.
He succeeded to the titles of 5th Baron Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, 5th Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, 5th Baron MacLeod of Castle Leod, and 5th Earl of Cromartie on 13 December 1989. The seat of the Earl is at Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire.