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unusual facts about William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree



Earl of Seaforth

His successor was his son William, who joined the Jacobite standard at Braemar, during the rising of 1715, and then, having raised 3000 men, was present at the battle of Sheriffmuir and was appointed lieutenant-general of the northern counties.

George Heald

In the 1840s Heald was active in the construction of the main line between Lancaster and Carlisle in conjunction with Joseph Locke, Thomas Brassey, William Mackenzie and John Stephenson.

William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree

Amulree died in May 1942, aged 81, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Basil, who became a distinguished physician.

Winnipeg Transit

The WSR experimented with electric cars in 1891, but the city gave the electric rights in 1892 to the competing Winnipeg Electric Street Railway Company (WESR), headed by William Mackenzie and James Ross of Montreal.


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