Mackenzie baronets of Kilcoy (1836)

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The Mackenzie baronetcy, of Kilcoy in the County of Ross, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 March 1836 for Colin Mackenzie. He was a descendant of Alexander Mackenzie, son of Sir Colin "Cam" Mackenzie. [1] The 2nd Baronet spent the years 1840 to 1846 in Australia. The title became extinct on his death in 1883. [2]

Mackenzie baronets, of Kilcoy (1836)

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  1. 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 405–406.
  2. 1 2 Gibbney, H. J. (1974). "Sir Evan Mackenzie (1816–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 5. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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