Charles Kincaid Mackenzie Explained

rightCharles 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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. ODNB: Kincaid Mackenzie
  2. Web site: 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. Web site: Senators of the College of Justice genealogy project.
  7. Scotsman (newspaper) 4 April 1938
  8. Kenya Gazette 1 November 1938
  9. Web site: Charles Kincaid MacKenzie grave monument details at St John and St Cuthbert (Joint) Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
  10. News: Marriages . . 4 . 1881-04-21 . 2024-06-26 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214400/https://london-medals.co.uk/the-emotive-great-war-1914-battle-of-the-aisne-officer-casualty-and-first-class-cricketer-trio-and-plaque-group-awarded-to-lieutenant-m-k-mackenzie-4th-battalion-king-s-royal-rifle-corps-attached-3rd-battalion-rifle-brigade-who-having-been-educated . dead .