Robert Campbell MacKenzie
| Birth name | Robert Campbell MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 1945 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Duntocher, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 45th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1924–1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Neilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robin Welsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colonel Sir Robert Campbell MacKenzie KBE CB (12 January 1856 - 26 May 1945) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He also served in the British Army.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career[]
He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in December 1877.
He played for West of Scotland District against East of Scotland District in February 1878; and in March 1879.[3]
MacKenzie played for the side in February 1878.[4]
International career[]
He was capped four times for Scotland between 1877 and 1881, scoring two goals (conversions), three tries, and two drop goals.[5]
Administrative career[]
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1924 to 1925.[6]
Military career[]
He was a commander of the Highland Light Infantry.
Outside of rugby and military[]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1911. Following the first World War, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[7]
He died, aged 89, in Duntocher, Dumbartonshire in 1945.
References[]
- ^ "Robert Campbell Mackenzie".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18780216/104/0009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Mackenzie - Test matches".
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ "Col. Sir Robert Campbell MacKenzie". Primose League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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- 1856 births
- 1945 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Highland Light Infantry officers
- Blues Trial players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- West of Scotland District (rugby union) players
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
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