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William Mackenzie
Born 1735   Died 1774  
5th of Balmaduthie

Advocate. Son of John Mackenzie and Rebecca Mackenzie. Married (1763 or 1769) to Maria Lancaster, daughter of John Lancaster of Cambridge. They had 6 children. Sometime Commissary of Edinburgh. At the time of his death in 1774, Mackenzie was Sheriff-depute of Ross and Cromarty.

Boswell met Mackenzie at Kames on October 24, 1762, describing him as "a young gentleman of Inverness-shire, very genteel and well-bred and obliging".

    History of the Mackenzies (Project Gutenberg)

    Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.