Mackenzie, George, Sir
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Données biographiques1636 - 1691
Dernière modification2024-02-08
Note générale
Of Rosenhaugh. Lawyer and politician. Born Dundee 1636 or 8. Entered King's College, Aberdeen 1650, then moved to St Leonard's College, St Andrews, graduated 1653. May have been at a Dutch university 1653-6. Studied law at Bourges 1656-8. Admitted Faculty of Advocates 1659, readmitted 1661. Published Aretina, a novel, 1660. Justice-depute 1661-3, resigned due to witchcraft trials. Published Religio Stoici 1661. Advocate for Dundee 1665. Knighted 1666. Elected to parliament for Ross-shire 1669-73. Debarred from practice 1674, after advocates' strike, readmitted 1675. Understudy to the Lord Advocate, 1676, succeeded as Lord Advocate 1677. Dean of the Faculty of Advocates 1682. Demitted from office 1686, after failing to support James II's plans, but reinstated 1688. Left Scotland 1689, due to assassination plots against him. Went to London 1690, settled in Oxford. Died Westminster, 1691. Known as Bloody Mackenzie for his vigorous prosecution of Protestant covenanters. Published many legal works, his Institutions being the main textbook for teaching Scots law for many years, also works on political theory.
Avocat. - Homme politique
Jurist, Schriftsteller, Schottland, England
"of Rosenhaugh"; Schott. Jurist, Lord Advocate
No TA record. - Of Rosehaugh. Known as "Bloody Mackenzie"
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Autres données biographiques1636/8-91
1636-1691
1636-08.05.1691
Responsabilité intellectuelleAuteur
Langue(s) principale(s)English, Latin
Titre nobiliaireSir
ActivitéJurist (gnd)
Sir
Note géographiqueGB (iso3166)
Großbritannien
NationalitéUnited Kingdom
Noms
RubriqueMackenzie, George, Sir
utilisé dans: The University of Aberdeen Library
Mackenzie, George
utilisé dans: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Mackenzie, George, Sir
utilisé dans: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Mackenzie, George, Sir, Lord Advocate
utilisé dans: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Mackenzie, George
utilisé dans: Réseau commun des bibliothèques (GBV), Göttingen (Allemagne); Integrated Authority File (GND), Allemagne; Bibliothèque royale des Pays-Bas, La Haye (Pays-Bas)
Mackenzie, George
utilisé dans: Bibliothèque royale des Pays-Bas, La Haye (Pays-Bas)
VarianteMackenzie, George, Sir.
Mackenzeus, Georgius
M'Kenzie, George
MacKensie, George
Mackenzei, Georgius
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Mackenzie, Georgius
Mackenzie, Georg
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Trouvé dansLOC. — DNB. — LCAuth. — GK55. — DNB. — NUC. — FA. — A defence of the antiquity of the royal line of Scotland / by Sir George Mackenzie. — De humanæ ratiocinationis imbecillitate, ea unde proveniat / auctore Georgio Mackenzeo, 1691. — Oxford DNB. — ESTC. — BN Cat. gén. : Mackenzie, George (Lord advocate, Sir)
SourcesDe humanae ratiocinationis imbecillitate, ea unde proveniat, & illi quomodo possimus mederi, liber singularis.- 1700
Defensio antiquitatis regalis Scotorum prosapiae. - 1689
Moral gallantry. - 1669
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Defensio antiquitatis regalis Scotorum prosapiæ.... / By Geo. Mackenzie. ; Translated from the Engli..., 1689
De humanæ ratiocinationis imbecillitate.... / By Georgius Mackenzeus..., 1690