The Hon Thomas Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (1807-1889) was a Scottish judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.

Life

He was born in

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on 16 April 1807 the son of George Mackenzie. He was educated at

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then studied Law first at

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then at

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. He qualified for the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1832 aged 25. He advanced rapidly largely due to the patronage of the Hon

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, to whom he acted as a junior. In 1851 he became Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty. In January 1855 he was appointed Solicitor General of

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and later the same month was created a Senator of the College of Justice with the title of "Lord Mackenzie". At this stage he lived at 24 Heriot Row in Edinburgh.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1855-6 He retired in 1864 and died at home on Heriot Row in Edinburgh on 26 September 1869 aged 62. He is buried with his family on the original north wall of Dean Cemetery, towards the north-west corner, backing onto the first north extension..

Publications

*''Studies in Roman Law'' (1862)

References

1807 births 1869 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish sheriffs Senators of the College of Justice Burials at the Dean Cemetery 19th-century Scottish judges People from Perth, Scotland {{Scotland-law-bio-stub