Alexander Mackenzie (civil servant)
Sir Alexander Mackenzie KCSI | |
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| Born | 28 June 1842 |
| Died | 10 November 1902 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | colonial governor |
Sir Alexander Mackenzie,
Background
Mackenzie was born in Dumfries,
Early career
Mackenzie subsequently held a number of civil service appointments in the
In 1891 he became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI).
Bengal
After his service in Burma, he was in December 1895 appointed Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, where he served for three years. His short term in office was dominated by natural disasters, the province suffered plague, famine, earthquake and cyclone in those years. As an administrator he was a stern upholder of the rights of the province against what he perceived to be the financial encroachments of the British Indian government, and voiced this in the council, receiving opposition from the financial member of the council
In local administration, he initiated a survey and settlement in
His absence and negligence during his time in office made him unpopular amongst locals, but did not results in his removal from office.[citation needed]
Poor health led him to take six months leave from May 1897. He was back in Bengal by the end of the year, but was forced to retire permanently in March 1898 due to poor health. He returned to the United Kingdom and led a quite life, his only significant public office was as Chairman of the India Development Company.
He died at Radnor, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, on 10 November 1902.[3]
Family
Mackenzie was twice married. His first wife from 1863 was Georgina Louisa Huntly Bremner (born 1838 India,[4] and died 1892 Birmingham), youngest daughter of Colonel Bremner; and after her death he remarried as second wife in 1893 Mabel Elizabeth Elliot, youngest daughter of Ralph Elliot (1839–1874) and a granddaughter of Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet. Lady Mackenzie survived him, and married another civil servant, the Hon. Noel Farrer, son of the 1st Baron Farrer.[5] With his second wife, he had two children:[6]
- Margaret Helen Mackenzie (b1896)
- Alastair Ian Mackenzie (b1897)
References
- ^ a b "Death of Sir Alexander MacKenzie" (PDF). The Scotsman. 12 November 1902. p. 11 – via brebner.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituaries - Sir Alexander Mackenzie". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36923. London. 12 November 1902. p. 1.
- ^ FIBIS East India Register Birth Announcements, April 2009.
- ^ ‘FARRER, Hon. Noel (Maitland)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 15 December 2013
- ^ Debrett′s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1903
External links
- Myanmar (Burma) at www.worldstatesmen.org
