Charles Kincaid Mackenzie

Charles Kincaid Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (1857–1938) was a Scottish lawyer who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was also a cricketer.

Life

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43 to 47 Heriot Row, Edinburgh
 
The grave of Charles Kincaid Mackenzie, St John's Churchyard, Edinburgh

He was born on 8 March 1857 the son of Alexander Kincaid Mackenzie (1812-1900).[1]

He was educated at Edinburgh Academy then at Repton School.

He studied law at University College within Oxford University, there playing for the university cricket team in the first inter-university match against Cambridge, and graduating BA (Hons).[2]

He was the Scottish bar in 1881 and in 1895 was living at 47 Heriot Row.[3] He was Sheriff of Dumfries and Galloway 1899/1900 and became Sheriff of Fife and Kinross in 1901.[4]

In 1905 he was a King's Counsel (KC).[5]

In December 1905 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice replacing James Adam, Lord Adam.[6] He stepped down from this position in 1922 due to ill health.[7]

He died in his Heriot Row home in Edinburgh on 1 April 1938.[8] He is buried in the churchyard of St John's, Edinburgh on Princes Street, close to his home on Heriot Row.[9]

Family

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He married Lillian (Lily) Young (1854-1945) of Gullane, daughter of George Young, Lord Young, Lord Advocate of Scotland, on 19 April 1881.[10]

Their only son, Mark Kincaid Mackenzie (1888-1914), played first-class cricket for Oxford University and was killed in the First Battle of the Aisne during the First World War.[11]

References

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  1. ^ ODNB: Kincaid Mackenzie
  2. ^ "Lord MacKenzie profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
  3. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1895
  4. ^ Scotsman (newspaper) 4 April 1938
  5. ^ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1905
  6. ^ "Senators of the College of Justice genealogy project".
  7. ^ Scotsman (newspaper) 4 April 1938
  8. ^ Kenya Gazette 1 November 1938
  9. ^ "Charles Kincaid MacKenzie grave monument details at St John and St Cuthbert (Joint) Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland".
  10. ^ "Marriages". The Dundee Courier & Argus. 21 April 1881. p. 4. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)