MACKIE, Robert Bownas (son of Robert J. Mackie). b. Wakefield 1829; ed. Wesley coll. Sheffield; partner in firm of Robert Mackie and Sons, corn merchants, Wakefield; contested Wakefield 2 Feb. 1874 and 6 May 1874; M.P. Wakefield 1880 to death. d. 35 Hertford st. Mayfair, London 18 June 1885.
M’KILLOP, Henry Frederick. Sub-lieutenant R.N. 10 Aug. 1847; captain R.N. 24 Nov. 1862, retired 1 April 1870; retired R.A. 9 March 1878; C.B. 2 June 1877; captain of the port and comptroller general of ports and lighthouses in Egypt to death; knight of legion of honour; received 1st class Medjidie 1875; raised to rank of Fereek by the Khedive 1877; author of Reminiscences of twelve months’ service in New Zealand as a midshipman 1849. d. Ramlet, Alexandria, Egypt 5 June 1879.
MC KIM, Robert. b. co. Tyrone 24 May 1816; apprenticed to a stone-mason; emigrated to U.S. of America; a stone-mason at Philadelphia, then at Madison, Indiana 1837–55; a coal merchant 1855; purchased and mounted in his observatory one of the best telescopes in America; presented to observatory of De Pauw univ. a complete astronomical outfit at cost of over 10,000 dollars. d. Madison 9 May 1887.
MC KINLAY, John. b. Sandbank on the Clyde 1819; emigrated to New South Wales 1836 where he took up several runs near the South Australian border; commanded expedition sent to trace the fate of Burke and Wills by South Australian government, left Adelaide 16 Aug. 1861, proved that Lake Torrens did not exist but found several new lakes, explored the country between Eyre’s Creek and Central Mount Stuart; reached Port Denison 25 Sep. 1862; voted £1000 by the government of S. Australia 1862; explored northern part of S. Australia 1865–6. d. 31 Dec. 1872, monument erected at Gawler, S. Australia. Mackinlay’s Journal of exploration in the interior of Australia (1862); J. Davis’s Tracts of Mc Kinlay across Australia (1863); W. Howilt’s History of discovery in Australia, ii 254–83 (1865); J. E. T. Wood’s History of discovery of Australia, ii 475–91 (1875); I.L.N. xlvi 36 (1865), portrait.
M’KINLEY, George. b. Devonport 1766; entered navy 5 Aug. 1773; captain 20 Oct. 1801; superintendent of royal navy asylum Greenwich, April 1821 to 22 July 1830; admiral on h.p. 11 June 1851, pensioned 16 Sep. 1851. d. Anglesey near Gosport 17 Jany. 1852.
MACKINNON, Daniel Henry (youngest son of Daniel Mackinnon of Binfield, Berkshire, barrister). b. 18 Sep. 1813; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; cornet 16 lancers 1 July 1836; captain 6 dragoon guards 12 Nov. 1847; paymaster of 43 foot 27 Oct. 1848, placed on h.p. 6 June 1851; staff officer of pensioners Feb. 1854 to 1 Nov. 1877 when he retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G.; author of Military services and adventures in the far east 2 ed. 2 vols. 1849; British military power in India. d. 7 Jany. 1884.
MACKINNON, Donald (son of rev. John Mackinnon, minister of Strath, d. 1856). Presbyterian minister Fearn near Tain, Rossshire 1846–56 and minister of Strath 1856 to death, the grandfather, father and son held Strath 110 years; arbiter among his flock, his decisions being accepted as final. d. Kilbridge, Skye 3 Jany. 1888. The Times 10 Jany. 1888 p. 5.
MACKINNON, Kenneth M. b. 1805; assistant surgeon Bengal army 19 Nov. 1826, surgeon 1 March 1843, retired 11 Jany. 1857; apothecary general Bengal 1853–7; author of A treatise on the public health, climate, hygiene and diseases of the north-west provinces. Cawnpore 1848. d. Edinburgh 13 Feb. 1861.
MACKINNON, Lauchlan (brother of Donald Mackinnon d. 1888). b. Kilbride, Isle of Skye 26 Feb. 1817; ed. Aberdeen; emigrated to Australia 1838; came overland with cattle from Sydney to Adelaide, the first journey of the kind made 1839; settled in Avoca, Victoria as a squatter; member of N.S.W. legislative assembly for Port Philip district 1848; member for Belfast and Warrnambool in legislative council of Victoria; the great opponent to the introduction of English convicts into Australia; with Edward Wilson one of the proprietors of The Argus a Melbourne daily journal 1852; returned to England in 1868 and lived in Devonshire. d. Torquay 21 March 1888.
MACKINNON, Lauchlan Bellingham (2 son of Wm. Alexander Mackinnon 1789–1870). b. Portswood park, Southampton 21 April 1815; entered navy 1 Oct. 1829, commander 1 Nov. 1847, retired captain 1 July 1864; M.P. Rye 1865–8; author of Some account of the Falkland islands 1840; Steam warfare in the Parana 2 vols. 1848; Atlantic and transatlantic sketches 2 vols. 1852. d. Ormley lodge, Ham common, Surrey 10 July 1877.