George Mackenzie

Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Knt. (1636/1638–1691), known as Bluidy Mackenzie, was a Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, and legal writer. Mackenzie, was born in Dundee, was the son of Sir Simon Mackenzie, of Lochslin (died about 1666) and Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend Peter Bruce, (who was minister of St. Leonard's, and Principal of St. Leonard's Hall in the University of St. Andrews). Sir Simon was the son of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail and so George Mackenzie was the cousin of George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth. The Mackenzies were a clan from Ross-shire that had risen to prominence in the 15th century during the disintegration of the Lordship of the Isles. He was educated at the King's College,...