Peter Mackie (writer)
Peter Mackie may refer to: * Sir Peter Mackie, 1st Baronet (1855–1924), Scottish distiller * Peter Mackie (footballer) (born 1958), Scottish footballer * Peter Mackie, Australian bassist of The Cockroaches The Cockroaches were an Australian pub rock band active throughout the 1980s. The band was founded in 1979 by the Field brothers—Paul (lead vocals), John (rhythm guitar, vocals), and Anthony (lead guitar, vocals)—and Tony Henry on drums ...

Sir Peter Mackie, 1st Baronet
Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie, 1st Baronet (26 November 1855 – 22 September 1924) was a Scottish whisky distiller and writer. Mackie was born at St Ninians, Stirling. His father, Alexander Mackie (died 1884), was a distiller. His mother was Jane Simpson Brown (died 1886). He was educated at Stirling High School and in 1878 joined his uncle's firm, James L. Mackie & Co, at the Lagavulin distillery on Islay. In the mid-1880s, he became a founding partner in Mackie & Co, which was established to market Lagavulin and other whiskies in London. In 1890, the two businesses amalgamated as Mackie & Co (Distillers) and began to blend White Horse. In 1895, Mackie's became a limited company and Peter Mackie became chairman, a post he held until his death. In 1924, the firm was renamed White Horse Distillers Ltd and became a public company. Mackie travelled and wrote extensively on politics, especially on tariff reform and Imperial Federation. In 1918 he made a gift of pedigree cattle t ...
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Peter Mackie (footballer)
Peter Mackie (born 17 January 1958) is a Scottish former footballer noted as a promising prospect at Parkhead. Career He began his career at Celtic making 5 appearances in two years. He moved on to Dundee where he established himself of some note fulfilling some that early promise, scoring 19 goals in 151 appearances. Later in his career, he played for St Mirren, where he scored 4 goals in 45 appearances. In 1986, he joined Partick Thistle, scoring three goals in 34 appearances . He finished his time in Scotland, playing once as a trialist with Stranraer. After his time his Scotland, he began playing in the Canadian Soccer League. In 1987, he joined the National Capital Pioneers (who were renamed as Ottawa Intrepid in 1988), where he spent two seasons. In 1990, he joined Kitchener Spirit The Kitchener Spirit were a professional soccer team in Kitchener, Ontario that played in the Canadian Soccer League. The team debuted in the 1990 season as the Kitchener Spirit and we ...
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