The Tartan The Mackenzie Tartan is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, which were raised by Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth in 1778. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for different ranks in the regiment. There is a certified sample in the Collection of the Highland Society of London, signed by Mrs Mackenzie of Seaforth, 1816. The.. The Mackenzie Tartan is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders, which were raised by Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth in 1778. Wilson's 1819 pattern book records various widths and weights of cloth suitable for different ranks in the regiment. There is a certified sample in the Collection of the Highland Society of London, signed by Mrs. Mackenzie of Seaforth, 1816. The Mackenzie.
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland.. The Mackenzie tartan as we know it today is a military tartan and was developed by the Mackenzie Lord MacLeod's 73rd Highland Regiment (and continued later by the Seaforth Highlanders), which was taken from the early version of the Black Watch (developed about 1729) and had Black, White and Red lines added.
