| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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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 Blues Trial 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".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Mackenzie - Test matches".
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "Col. Sir Robert Campbell MacKenzie". Primose League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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