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Rh since Dec. 1809), to the 16 and  26, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch in the Mediterranean, and, 21 Oct. in the same year, to the charge of the  guard-ship at Gibraltar, where he remained until 6 Nov. 1816. Lieut. M‘Kenzie was admitted into Greenwich Hospital 19 Dec. 1844.

He married 22 June, 1826, and has issue two sons and four daughters. – Joseph Woodhead.

 M‘KENZIE. 

entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 25 June, 1830; passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the coast of Africa as Mate of the 26, Capt. Wm. Tucker. His appointments have since been – 18 Oct. 1842, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 3 May, 1843, to the 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, now in the East Indies.

 MACKENZIE. 

entered the Navy 23 Dec. 1823; served as Midshipman of the 10, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827; and was promoted, soon after passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 May, 1830. His succeeding appointments wore – 19 July, 1833, to the 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, on the Mediterranean station – 5 Feb. 1834, to the command (as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Briggs, Admiral-Superintendent of Malta) of the receiving-ship, in which he remained until the summer of 1837 – and, 31 Oct. 1840, to the  78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence, after having officiated for two years and a half as First-Lieutenant, he came home and was paid off in 1844. He attained his present rank 29 April, 1847; and has been employed, since 12 of the following May, as Second-Captain of the 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, at Devonport.

Commander Mackenzie married, 24 Sept. 1831, Martha Catherine, third daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and sister-in-law of, by whom he has issue. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 MACKENZIE. 

passed his examination 30 Aug. 1841; was employed for a few months in 1843 on particular service in the 84, Capt. Daniel Pring; then became attached for a period of two years to the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads; and after having further served for a short time in the 110, bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport, was awarded a commission dated 26 June, 1846. He has been borne as Additional-Lieutenant, since 9 April, 1847, on the books of the 50, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen.

 MACKENZIE. 

, born 1 Nov. 1782, is son of His Excellency, Rear-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief of all her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second’s forces by land and sea in the Crimea.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the store-ship, Capt. Matthew Buckle, on the Jamaica station, where he continued to serve as Midshipman of the  frigate, Capts. Dundas and Manby, until ordered home at the peace of Amiens. In Oct. 1803 he re-embarked on board the 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, attached to the force in the Channel; and he was next, from Feb. 1804, until May, 1809, employed, both on the Home and Jamaica stations, in the 20, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Macdonald, Jas. Ward, Jas. Rich. Dacres, Bell, and Sam. Hood Inglefield. During that period, besides contributing to the capture of a variety of the enemy’s armed and other vessels, including the Dauphin of 3, and the Griffon of 16 guns, he assisted in gallantly storming the forts of Rio de la Hacha and Samana, on the north side of the island of St. Domingo. In the execution of the latter service Mr. Mackenzie was unfortunately very severely wounded in the face, and suffered a fracture of the jaw; in consequence whereof he was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. On leaving the, as above, he joined the 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday; on board which ship we find him present 30 Aug. 1810 when she intrepidly rescued the sloop of war from capture by interposing herself between that vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, whom she compelled to put back. He was promoted (after having taken part in several cutting-out affairs) to a Lieutenancy, 18 Aug. 1810, in the 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Norborne Thompson; and was subsequently appointed – in the course of 1812, to the brig, Capt. Arden Adderley,  again, and  bomb, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, all on the Mediterranean station – 23 Dec. 1813, to the  10, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair, under whom he served on the north coast of Spain, and in all the operations of 1814 up the river Gironde, where he witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of the forts and batteries on the north side of the river – 26 June, 1815, as Senior, to the  32, Capt. Amos Freeman Westropp, in which ship he served off St. Helena and at the Cape of Good Hope until Aug. 1816 – and, lastly, 8 March, 1827, to the command, for five years, of the Semaphore station at Pewley Hill, Guildford. He married 29 June, 1814, and has issue a son and daughter. – J. Hinxman.

 M‘KERLIE. 

, born 7 June, 1774, is descended from a Scottish warrior, who resided at Cruggleton Castle, co. Wigton, and was thence expelled by the English for his faithful adherence to the renowned Sir Wm. Wallace, who in consequence undertook an expedition for the purpose of reinstating him.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 April, 1794, as A.B., on board the 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew; under whom, when in company with other ships, he successively witnessed the capture of Le Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, L’Engageante of 38 guns and 300 men, and La Révolutionnaire of 44 guns and 351 men. On his removal with the same officer to the of 46 guns, he furtlier assisted, as Midshipman, at the taking of L’Unité of 38 guns and 265 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns and 340 men; besides contributing, in company with the  36, to the destruction, with a loss to the  of 19 men wounded, of Les Droits de l’Homme 74. On the latter occasion Mr. M‘Kerlie lost his right arm, and received a wound in the thigh. Following Sir Edw. Pellew, next, into the 74, he accompanied in 1800 an expedition sent to co-operate with the Royalists in Quiberon Bay; and, on the occasion of a successful attack made, 6 June in that year, upon the enemy’s shipping in the Morbihan River, he aided in the boats, under Lieut. John Pilfold, in boarding and blowing up L’Insolente, an 18-gun corvette. We may add that in services of a similar nature he was always a volunteer. Three weeks after the latter event he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin. He was confirmed 18 Aug. in the same year, in the fire-ship Capts. Henry Hill and John Newhouse, with the former of whom, during the peace of Amiens he served at Newfoundland in the 24. Being