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Sir George Mackenzie
Reprint of the standard biography of MacKenzie. Lord Advocate during the reigns of Charles II and James II, MacKenzie persecuted Scottish Presbyterians with such zeal that he was known as "The Bloody MacKenzie." (In many cases, he bent the law to secure a conviction.) Also an important scholar and author, he founded the Advocates Library, which is now the National Library of Scotland. His works include The Laws and Customs of Scotland, In Matters Criminal (1678), which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint.
Sir George MacKenzie; King's Advocate, of Rosehaugh, His Life and Times 1636 -1691
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... appendix C mackenzie and the barony of bute Robert Chambers, in his notice of Mackenzie Scottish Biographical Dictionary, vol. iii. p. 501), says: "After this celebrated trial that of the Earl of Argyll, 1681, he Mackenzie appears to have obtained, as part of the spoil, the gift of the Barony of Bute, ratified by the Parliament of 1681." It is believed that Chambers is under a complete mistake in supposing that Sir George Mackenzie received "as part of the spoil the gi...
Sir George MacKenzie
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
Sir George Mackenzie
Excerpt from Sir George Mackenzie: King's Advocate, of Rosehaugh, His Life and Times; 1636 1691 IN the education of Scotland the Restoration was1 a bitter but necessary moment. The century Of war between' State and Kirk, arising from the intolerable claims which the Crown on one side, and the preachers on the other, asserted, must come to an end in one way or another, if Scotland was ever to be reasonably tranquil. Between 1660 and 1689, the two contending powers wore each other down: the Government of William Of Orange then entered perforce on constitutional paths; the pretensions of the preachers were henceforth maintained, but mainly in a platonic, not a practical fashion. It is impossibl...
SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE KINGS ADV
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