Lachlan Mor Mackintosh, 16th of Mackintosh

As Lachlan was only a child of seven years old when he succeeded, Donald Mackintosh, 3rd of Killachie was chosen as his tutor.

[1] On 27 June 1568, Lachlan obtained from the Earl of Huntly, as superior, the heritable right of Benchar, Clune, Kincraig, Schiphin, Essich, Bochrubin, Dundelchat and Tordarroch.

[1] In 1573, the Earl of Sutherland was petitioning to have himself served as heir to the Earldom at Aberdeen and not at Inverness because no jury was able to sit at the latter due to Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th of Kintail, Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat, Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis and Lachlan Mor Mackintosh, 16th of Mackintosh all being at deadly feud with each other.

[1] The Frasers of Lovat had long been dominant in the area that is known as The Aird, so much so that possessions in it by other families were almost unknown or forgotten about.

[2] 19th century writer John Anderson's History of the Frasers of Lovat states that the family of Mackintosh held large possessions in The Aird which Lord Lovat was very anxious to get his own hands on, and this was shortly after the time of Lachlan Mor Mackintosh, 16th chief.

The lands originally belonged to the Bishop of Ross who had granted them to Robert Lesley who in turn had let them to various tenants.

Lachlan Mackintosh was employed to induce Huistean Du Mackay, 13th of Strathnaver onto to Sutherland's side and was successful in this task.

However, following this, in the same year, the Mackintoshes carried out another attack on the Campbells of Cawdor, this time with blood-shed and on 7 December many of them were denounced as rebels by royal letters.