Joshua Henry Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie
Joshua Henry Mackenzie, known as Lord Mackenzie, lived from 1774 to 1851. He was a Scottish lawyer who rose to become a Senator of the College of Justice, one of Scotland’s highest judicial positions.
He was the eldest son of Edinburgh writer Henry Mackenzie and his wife Penuel Grant. His maternal grandfather was Sir Ludovic Grant, and he was named after his paternal grandfather, Dr Joshua Mackenzie. The family lived at Cowgatehead near the Grassmarket in Edinburgh.
In 1822, Mackenzie was elected a Senator of the College of Justice, taking the seat of the late Lord Kinneder. He married Helen Anne Mackenzie (1799–1866), daughter of Lord Seaforth. Helen’s sister, Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie, was married to Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and later James Alexander Stewart of Glasserton. Joshua and Helen had several children.
In 1825, he lived at 6 Royal Circus in Edinburgh’s Second New Town. Later he moved to Belmont House, a large estate west of the city near Corstorphine. Mackenzie died on 17 November 1851 and is buried with his parents in Greyfriars Kirkyard, along the retaining wall on the northern slope.
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