Sir Robert Mackenzie | |
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![]() Mackenzie in 1866 | |
3rd Premier of Queensland | |
In office 15 August 1867 – 25 November 1868 | |
Preceded by | Robert Herbert |
Succeeded by | Charles Lilley |
Constituency | Burnett |
1st Treasurer of Queensland | |
In office 15 December 1859 – 4 August 1862 | |
Preceded by | New position |
Succeeded by | Thomas Moffatt |
Constituency | Burnett |
In office 15 August 1867 – 25 November 1868 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Blacket Stephens |
Succeeded by | Thomas Henry FitzGerald |
Constituency | Burnett |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett | |
In office 4 May 1860 – 6 April 1869 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Charles Haly |
Personal details | |
Born | Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom | 21 July 1811
Died | 19 September 1873 London, United Kingdom | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Louisa Alexandrina Jones (m.1846 d.1906) |
Relations | Sir George Mackenzie, 7th Baronet (father) |
Occupation | Magistrate, Grazier |
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet (21 July 1811 – 19 September 1873) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
Early life
[edit]Mackenzie was born in Coul, Ross-shire, Scotland, fourth son of Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, and wife Mary, fifth daughter of Donald Macleod of Geanies, Ross-shire.
New South Wales
[edit]In April 1832 Mackenzie arrived on the Wave in Sydney, New South Wales, with £750 joining his brother James. He purchased sheep for £500 and grazed them at Riddlesdale (near Dungog, New South Wales). After land speculation with his brother James, Robert Mackenzie bought a station, got into debt and borrowed money from his Scottish relatives. His financial situation worsened and he was declared bankrupt in 1844. In 1846 he was discharged from bankruptcy and was appointed a magistrate in 1847, living in Clifton, New England.
Political career
[edit]Queensland was declared a separate colony in 1859, Mackenzie became involved with politics and became Colonial Treasurer on 15 December 1859 in the ministry of Robert Herbert. Mackenzie represented Burnett in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 1860–1869. Mackenzie formed a government on the resignation of Arthur Macalister, taking the roles of both Premier and Colonial Treasurer. He resigned on 25 November 1868.
Personal life
[edit]Robert Mackenzie married Louise Alexandrina Jones, daughter of Richard Jones, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Sydney, in 1846.[1] One of their daughters, Mary Louisa, married Alexander Archer, a brother of Archibald Archer. Both Mary and Alexander died in the 1890 sinking of the RMS Quetta.
Robert Mackenzie succeeded his brother William on his death on 21 December 1868 to the baronetcy and returned to live on the family estate in Scotland in 1871. Sir Robert died at 6 Atherstone Terrace, Queen’s Gate Gardens, London on 19 September 1873.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lady Mackenzie". Chantry Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Mackenzie, Robert (1823–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2018, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.17598, archived from the original on 24 January 2024, retrieved 16 July 2007
- R. B. Joyce, 'Mackenzie, Sir Robert Ramsay (1811 - 1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, MUP, 1974, pp 171–172.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Mackenzie, Robert". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
Additional resources listed by the Australian Dictionary of Biography
- C. A. Bernays, Queensland Politics During Sixty Years (Brisb, 1919)
- J. F. Campbell, ‘Discovery and early pastoral settlement of New England’, JRAHS, 8 (1922)
- Brisbane Courier, 28 July 1862
- The Times (London), 24 September 1873, p 5
- P. D. Wilson, The Political Career of Hon. A. Macalister (B.A. Hons thesis, University of Queensland, 1969)
- Bankruptcy papers, 1250 (State Records New South Wales)
- Land and Colonial Secretary's files (Queensland State Archives).
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