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Murdo Mackenzie
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Very Rev '''Murdo MacKenzie''' (1835–1912) was a 19th/20th century minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1907/08.
==Life==
[[File:Inverness - Inverness, Bank Street, Free North Church Of Scotland - 20140424184529.jpg|thumb|300px|Free North Church (left) in its riverside setting in Inverness]]
[[File:Free North Church Inverness Scotland (10178565376).jpg|thumb|Free North Church, Inverness]]
He was born on 13 August 1835 at [[Lochcarron]] in [[Ross and Cromarty]] the son of Duncan Mackenzie, a farmer, and his wife, Annabella McLean. He studied at the Free church Institution in [[Inverness]] and went to [[Aberdeen University]] in 1853. He began studying Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]] in 1859 and completed his studies at the Free Church College in [[Glasgow]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2PahJlV, MURDO</ref>
He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of Lochcarron in October 1863. He then had a five-year illness, during which time he resided with Alexander McColl of [[Duirinish]] on [[Skye]]. In 1870 he was ordained as minister of [[Kilcalmonell]]. In 1873 (despite some opposition from the presbytery) he translated to [[Kilmallie]]. He rejected two further calls but in September 1887 accepted a call to Inverness Free North Church, replacing Rev Dr George Mackay<ref>https://ift.tt/2zwxqio> where he remained for the rest of his life.<ref>Rev Murdo Mackenzie: A Memory by his Wife, by Ella Mackenzie</ref><ref>Dundee Courier 26 Sept 1898</ref>
The church was given a new home in 1893 to a design by [[Alexander Ross (architect)|Alexander Ross]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2PahJSX>, and with a seating capacity of 1500 was one of the Free Church's largest churches.<ref>https://ift.tt/2zyaK1c>
In the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church.
In 1907 he succeeded Very Rev [[Colin Bannatyne]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position within the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1908 by [[William MacKinnon (moderator)|Rev William MacKinnon]].
He died in [[Inverness]] on 26 May 1912.<ref>Scotsman (newspaper) 27 May 1912</ref>
==Family==
In [[Edinburgh]] on 26 August 1886 he married Isabella ("Ella") Stewart Shaw (b.1861) daughter of Rev Dugald Shaw of [[Laggan, Invernessshire]].
They had four daughters and one son.
==References==
[[Category:1835 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ross and Cromarty]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
==Life==
[[File:Inverness - Inverness, Bank Street, Free North Church Of Scotland - 20140424184529.jpg|thumb|300px|Free North Church (left) in its riverside setting in Inverness]]
[[File:Free North Church Inverness Scotland (10178565376).jpg|thumb|Free North Church, Inverness]]
He was born on 13 August 1835 at [[Lochcarron]] in [[Ross and Cromarty]] the son of Duncan Mackenzie, a farmer, and his wife, Annabella McLean. He studied at the Free church Institution in [[Inverness]] and went to [[Aberdeen University]] in 1853. He began studying Divinity at [[New College, Edinburgh]] in 1859 and completed his studies at the Free Church College in [[Glasgow]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2PahJlV, MURDO</ref>
He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of Lochcarron in October 1863. He then had a five-year illness, during which time he resided with Alexander McColl of [[Duirinish]] on [[Skye]]. In 1870 he was ordained as minister of [[Kilcalmonell]]. In 1873 (despite some opposition from the presbytery) he translated to [[Kilmallie]]. He rejected two further calls but in September 1887 accepted a call to Inverness Free North Church, replacing Rev Dr George Mackay<ref>https://ift.tt/2zwxqio> where he remained for the rest of his life.<ref>Rev Murdo Mackenzie: A Memory by his Wife, by Ella Mackenzie</ref><ref>Dundee Courier 26 Sept 1898</ref>
The church was given a new home in 1893 to a design by [[Alexander Ross (architect)|Alexander Ross]]<ref>https://ift.tt/2PahJSX>, and with a seating capacity of 1500 was one of the Free Church's largest churches.<ref>https://ift.tt/2zyaK1c>
In the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church.
In 1907 he succeeded Very Rev [[Colin Bannatyne]] as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]], the highest position within the Free Church of Scotland. He was succeeded in turn in 1908 by [[William MacKinnon (moderator)|Rev William MacKinnon]].
He died in [[Inverness]] on 26 May 1912.<ref>Scotsman (newspaper) 27 May 1912</ref>
==Family==
In [[Edinburgh]] on 26 August 1886 he married Isabella ("Ella") Stewart Shaw (b.1861) daughter of Rev Dugald Shaw of [[Laggan, Invernessshire]].
They had four daughters and one son.
==References==
[[Category:1835 births]]
[[Category:1912 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ross and Cromarty]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
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