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2 unusual facts about Francis Mackenzie


Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth

On the death of his elder brother Colonel Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Humberston in 1783, Mackenzie became the last male heir of the attainted Earls of Seaforth.

Francis's four legitimate sons all predeceased him as predicted by the Brahan Seer.


Belgrade Meteorological Station

While the first meteorological observation post was in a nearby private house, a meteorological observation station (Serbian Meteorološka opservatorija) building was built in 1891 by architect Dimitrije T. Leko, on Vračar's plateau, in Savinac (recognized also as Englezovac, named after Francis Mackenzie).


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