MACKELVIE, William. b. Edinburgh 7 March 1800; apprentice to a draper at Leith; studied at univ. of Edinb. from Nov. 1809, then at Glasgow; licensed to preach by presbytery of Stirling and Falkirk 7 March 1827; minister of Balgedie, Kinross-shire 16 April 1829 to death; one of earliest promoters of union between secession and relief churches which took place 13 May 1847; moderator of synod of 1856; D.D. Hamilton, Ohio; originated the Dick club 1835; author of Lochleven and other poems by Michael Bruce, with a life of the author 1837; Annals and statistics of the united presbyterian church. The biographical notices by W. Mackelvie 1873. d. Balgedie 10 Dec. 1863. Sermons by Wm. Mackelvie (1875), memoir by J. Macfarlane pp. 7–64, portrait.
MAC KENNA, Stephen Joseph. b. Dublin 1837; ed. Downside; ensign 28 foot 30 March 1860, sold out 8 Aug. 1865; sub-editor of Evening News, London to death; author of Off parade 3 vols. 1872; King’s beeches, stories of old chums 1873; Plucky fellows, a book for boys 1873, 2 ed. 1874; At school with an old dragoon 1874; A child of fortune 3 vols. 1875; Handfast to strangers 3 vols. 1876; Brave men in action 1878, 2 ed. 1889; The tradesman’s club 1880. d. 8 Shalcombe st. Chelsea 5 Jany. 1883.
M’KENNA, Theobald. Called to Irish bar 1821; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1842; assistant under secretary for Ireland to death. d. 1856.
MACKENZIE, Sir Alexander, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Roderick Mackenzie). b. 1771; ed. in Edinburgh and at military academy, Angers; ensign 1 foot 30 June 1787; lieut. 42 foot 1791; major 78 foot 24 July 1793; raised 2nd battalion of 78 foot, lieut.-col. 10 Feb. 1794; lieut.-col. 36 foot 22 May 1797 to 23 May 1816; second in command at capture of Cape of Good Hope 1795; commanded a division in expedition against Naples 1808 and afterwards the troops in the two Calabrias; general 19 July 1821; G.C. of order of St. Januarius; G.C.H. 1817; succeeded his uncle as 2 Baronet 21 Aug. 1820. d. Bath 17 Oct. 1853.
MACKENZIE, Alexander. Second viola player in orchestra of theatre royal, Edinburgh 1833, first violin player 1835, leader of the orchestra Feb. 1846 to death, this orchestra was for its size the first in the kingdom, it made successful annual visits to London. d. 7 Oct. 1857.
MACKENZIE, Alexander (3 son of Alexander Mackenzie, builder, d. 1836). b. Logierait near Dunkeld, Perthshire 28 Jany. 1822; learnt trade of a stonemason; a journeyman builder at Kingston, Ontario 1842; a builder and contractor at Sarnia 1848; editor of the ‘Lambton Shield’ at Sarnia 1852; member for Lambton in the provincial parliament 1861–7 and in the dominion house of commons 1867–82; member for East York, July 1882 to death; formed a ministry 7 Nov. 1873, becoming himself minister of public works, resigned Sep. 1873; resigned leadership of the liberals 1880; presented with freedom of Irvine, Dundee and Perth 1875 and of Inverness 1881. d. St. Alban’s st. Toronto 17 April 1892. bur. Lake View cemetery near Sarnia. Speeches of A. Mackenzie. Toronto (1876), memoir pp. 1–13, portrait.
M’KENZIE, Alexander. b. Auldcarn, Nairnshire 18 June 1829; captain hon. artillery company of London 8 March 1879, retired into the veteran company with hon. rank of major 8 March 1884; a skilled expert in all matters of forestry; superintendent of Epping Forest under corporation of London 1880 to death. d. The Warren, Loughton, Essex 27 March 1893. City Press 29 March 1893 p. 4, 1 April p. 5.
MACKENZIE, Alexander Mackay. b. 1827; entered Bengal army; raised 8th regiment of irregular cavalry and was second in command 10 Oct. 1854 to 1859 when it mutinied; commandant of Meywar Bheel corps 18 March 1863 to 1874; M.G. 25 Nov. 1874. d. 41 Queensborough terrace, London 27 May 1879.
MACKENZIE, Charles (3 son of John Mackenzie of Torridon, N.B.) b. 28 Feb. 1807; ed. Merchant Taylors’ sch. and Pemb. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; head master of St. Olave’s gram. sch. Southwark 1832–55; V. of St. Helen, Bishopgate 1836–46; R. of St. Benet, Gracechurch st. with St. Leonard, Eastcheap 1846–66, and of same united with All Hallows’, Lombard st. and St. Dionis Backchurch 1866 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1852 to death; principal of Westbourne coll. London 1855–64; founder of metropolitan evening classes for young men 1848; founder of city of London coll. for young men 1862; author of Crosby place, a lecture 1842; History of the church of Christ 1842; Tabular views of the contents of the pentateuch 1850; The young christian’s glossary 5 ed. 1852; Westbourne college, Bayswater road, an inaugural address 1855. d. 35 Woburn sq. London 16 April 1888.
MACKENZIE, Charles Frederick (youngest son of Colin Mackenzie of Portmore, Peeblesshire). b. Harcus cottage, Portmore 10 April 1825; ed. at Edinb. acad. and Grange sch. near Sunderland; pensioner St. John’s coll. Camb. Oct. 1844, migrated to Caius coll. Easter 1845, 2nd wrangler 1848, B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; fellow of Caius coll., tutor; one of secretaries to Cambridge board of education 1848–55; C. of Haslingfield, Cambs. Oct. 1851 to 1854; archdeacon of Pieter-Maritzburg, Natal 1854–59; chaplain to the troops in Natal 1858–9; bishop of the mission to the tribes dwelling in neighbourhood of Lake Nyassa and river Shire, Africa 1860 to death; consecrated in cathedral at Cape Town 1 Jany. 1861; author of Holiday’s at Linmere, or our Lord’s miracles explained 1855. d. Malo island, Central Africa 31 Jany. 1862. Harvey Goodwin’s Memoir of bishop Mackenzie (1865), portrait; G. H. Smyttan’s Tribute to bishop Mackenzie (1862); Frances Awdry’s An elder sister and her brother the missionary bishop (1878); In Zululand, the story of the Mackenzie memorial mission (1872); Thomas Pelham Dale’s A life’s motto (1869) 308–41; C. M. Yonge’s Pioneers and founders (1871) 285–316.