ATTRIBUTED TO SIR GEORGE HAYTER (1792-1871) A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACKINNON, 33RD CLAN CHIEF oil on canvas 124cm by 91cm; 48 3/4in by 35 3/4in William Alexander Mackinnon succeeded to the family estates as 33rd chief of the Clan Mackinnon on the death of his grandfather in 1809. The following year Walter Scott wrote: 'Mackinnon of Mackinnon, a young gentleman born and bred in England but nevertheless a Highland chief ... who now visits the Highlands for the first time, is anxious to buy back some of the family property which was sold long since'. In 1812 he married Mary the daughter of Joseph Budworth Palmer who was also heir to her father's fortune. Mackinnon entered Parliament as Member of Parliament for Dunwich in 1816 although in his first Parliament he made no reported speeches and was left without a seat in 1820. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Lymington in 1831 where he served until the early 1850s. He was later returned as Member of Parliament for Rye from 1853 until 1865.