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unusual facts about John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod



Gareth Wigan

Among his clients was the British playwright Giles Cooper whose story, "Unman, Wittering and Zigo" originally written for radio, was the first film Wigan produced, directed by John Mackenzie and starring David Hemmings.

John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod

From 1779 he served with his regiment in the East Indies Campaign against Hyder Ali, joining the army under Major-General Sir Hector Munro assembled at St. Thomas Mount, Madras, in July 1780.

Receiving financial assistance to equip himself for service from the Chevalier de Saint-George, on the recommendation of Lord George Murray, he entered service in Swedish Pomerania as a mercenary.

Neville Smith

In 1977 he wrote the screenplay to Apaches, a short documentary by John Mackenzie, about children playing on farms, which is a notorious public information film.


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John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl

After his first wife's death in 1790 he married Marjory, daughter of James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes and Catherine Innes and widow of John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod, on 11 March 1794.