Rugby player
| Birth name | Robert Campbell MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1856-01-12)12 January 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 1945(1945-05-26) (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.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Glasgow Academicals.
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.
MacKenzie played for the Blues Trial side in February 1878.
International career
He was capped four times for Scotland between 1877 and 1881, scoring two goals (conversions), three tries, and two drop goals.
Administrative career
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1924 to 1925.
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.
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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