Alexander Muir Mackenzie

Sir Alexander Muir MacKenzie, 1st Baronet FRSE (2 March 1764 – 11 March 1835) was a Scottish advocate and landowner.

Life

He was born Alexander Muir in Perthshire on 2 March 1764 the son of George Muir of Cassencarrie House, in Kirkmabreck near Creetown[1] and his wife, the Hon Margaret MacKenzie of Delvine.[2]

He trained in Law and passed the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1788. In 1793 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Dugald Stewart, Dr James Gregory and Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.[3] In 1805 he inherited the estates of Delvine following the death of his wife’s great uncle, John MacKenzie of Delvine. He was thereafter known as Sir Alexander Muir MacKenzie.[4]

He died on 11 March 1835.

Family

In 1787 he married Jane Murray, daughter of Sir Robert Murray, 6th baronet of Dunerne.[4]

His only son, and successor was Sir John William Pitt Muir-MacKenzie (1806–1855),[5] named in deference to William Pitt the Younger, the then prime minister. He also had eight daughters.

References

  1. ↑ "Cassencarie House, Kirkmabreck | Buildings at Risk Register". buildingsatrisk.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ↑ "Alexander Muir-Mackenzie (Muir) (1764 - 1835) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. 1 2 "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  5. ↑ "John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie (1806 - 1855) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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