General Alexander Morrice
MacKay
Male
Scotland
1875-09-06
Aberdeen, Scotland
1955-11-02
Edinburgh, Scotland


About

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackay,_Lord_Mackay

Alexander Morrice Mackay, Lord Mackay LLD, was a twentieth century Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice. He was born at 8 Albert Street in Aberdeen. He was the son of Robert Whyte Mackay of Anderson & Thomson, who ran warehouses at 23-25 Broad Street in Aberdeen.

Alexander M. Mackay studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1910 he was listed as an advocate living at 26 India Street in Edinburgh’s Second New Town. In March 1926 he stood unsuccessfully as the Unionist candidate in the 1926 by-election for Bothwell.

In May 1928 he took his seat as a Senator of the College of Justice, replacing John Wilson, Lord Ashmore. In 1931 he sat on the Royal Commission on Licensing, looking at alcohol and public house reforms. He was married to Alice Margaret Ledingham (1883-1937).

Mackay died in Edinburgh in 1955 aged 80. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in the west of the city. The grave lies in the first northern extension, in the north-east section.



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Archive statistics 1896 - 1909
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59
37


Tournament wins 1907 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Pitlochry (Amateur)


Tournaments Scottish Championships - 1909 European Championship - 1909 Northumberland Championships - 1909 Carlisle - 1909 East of Scotland Championships - 1908 Scottish Championships - 1907 Scottish Championships - 1906 Durham County Championships - 1906 East of Scotland Championships - 1906 Scottish Championships - 1905 Midland Counties Championships - 1905 Northumberland Championships - 1905 Carlisle - 1905 East of Scotland Championships - 1905 Edinburgh Hydropathic - 1905 Pitlochry - 1905 Scottish Championships - 1904 Northumberland Championships - 1904 Scottish Championships - 1902 Scottish Championships - 1900 Wimbledon - 1899 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1899 Wimbledon - 1898 Wimbledon Plate (Consolation) - 1898 Scottish Championships - 1897 North of Scotland Championships - 1896

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