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Rh acting: midshipman, 29 Sept., 1855, and promoted niidsliipman, 9 June, 1859, lieutenant, -il Aug., 1801, and lieutenant-commander, 29 July. 1805. He served in the " Kineo " at the passage of P'ort Jackson and Fort St. Philip in 1802, and in the " Ironsides " at the first attack upon Fort Sumter in 1803. He commanded the boats of the squadron off Charleston in the joint army and navy expedi- tion of 10 July of the same year, which resulted in the capture of the greater part of Morris island. Lieut.-Commander Mackenzie lost his life while leading a charge against the savages in the island of Formosa. A tablet to his memory has been placed in the chapel of the naval academy at An- napolis, and his fellow-officers cordially approved the opinion of Rear-Admiral Bell, that " the navy could boast no braver spirit, no man of higher promise," than voung Mackenzie.

MACKENZIE, Charles Kenneth, diplomatist, b. in Scotland in 1788 ; d. in New York city, 6 July, 1862. He was given a classical education and received the degree of doctor in both law and medi- cine. He entered the army, became aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, and in 1823 accom- panied the British commission to Mexico on the recognition of that country's independence, being appointed consul for V'era Ci'uz. In 1825 he was sent as consul-general to Hayti, and in 1830 he was commissioner of arbitration to the mixed com- mission at Havana. A dispute with the foreign office in November, 1834, ended his official connec- tion with the British government. He then re- turned to England and engaged in literature. He was a contributor to reviews, and to the " Encyclo- paedia Britannica," and was also the leader-writer on a London Conservative journal. Mr. Mackenzie lost his life by the burning of a hotel.

MACKENZIE, Donald, fur-trader, b. in Scot- land in 1783; d. in Mayville, Chautauqua co., N. Y., 20 Jan., 1851. He emigrated to Canada in 1800, and, after being employed for several years in the service of the Northwest company, he be- came in 1809 a partner of John Jacob Astor in his project for establishing a trade in furs west of the Rocky mountains. He travelled across the conti- nent to the mouth of Columbia river, a journey that was then attended with considerable danger, and remained at Astoria until its surrender to a British force in 1814. He then converted as much of his property as possible into available funds, again traversed the wilderness to the Mississippi, and reached New York in safety. He was after- ward unsuccessfully employed in negotiations to secure to the United States the exclusive trade with Oregon. In March, 1821, Mr. Mackenzie en- tered the service of the Hudson bay company, and was at once commissioned one of the council and chief factor. In 1825, while residing at Fort Gar- ry, Red river settlement, he was appointed gov- ernor of that corporation. After amassing a for- tune, he returned to the United States in 1832, and settled in Mayville. Several of his adventures are recorded by Washington Irving.

MACKENZIE, Oeorge Henry, chess-player, b. in Scotland, 24 March, 1837 ; d. in New York, 14 April, 1891. He entered the British army wlien he was nineteen years of age, and saw service during the concluding months of the Indian mutiny, but sold his commission in 1801, and came to the United States in 1863, enlisted in the National army, and before the end of the war had been promoted cap- tain. Having been a chess-player from his youth, and the game steadily gaining in fascination for him, he determined to devote himself to it profession- ally. Since that time he has played in all the tour- naments both at home and abroad, including those held in Paris in 1878, Berhn in 1881, Vienna in 1882, London in 1883, and Hamburg in 1885. In 1887 the contest was held at Frankfort-on-the- Main, and proved the most interest- ing of the series. Twenty - one of the chief players of Europe, in- cluding two ex- champions, Zuk- ertort and Black- burne, took part. During the pre- vious meetings Cafit. Macken- zie's play had constantly im- proved. In the Berlin tourna- ment he led in the first round, in the London event he was ahead in the second round, and in match play on both sides of the Atlantic he had more than held his own. and his scores had grown steadily better, until at Frankfort he attained the extraordinary result of fifteen wins out of twenty games, in a contest where nearly every chess-player of mark except Stein itz was engaged. As a result he carried off the first prize, which made him the champion chess-plaver of the world.

MACKENZIE, Hettie, actress, b. about 1810; d. in Nashville, Tenn., in February. 1845. She was a daughter of Joseph Jefferson, the second of that name, but was not educated by her father for the stage, and in 1829 married Alexander Macken- zie, of Pottsville, Pa. In 1831 Mr. Jefferson per- suaded his son-in-law to unite with him in taking a lease of certain theatres in Lancaster and Harris- burg, Pa., and Washington, D. C. In consequence of this arrangement Mrs. Mackenzie made her first appearance in the " Mountaineers." She then turned her attention to the portrayal of old wom- en, and in Washington and Baltimore was unusu- ally successful in such characters as Mrs. Mala- prop, Lady Priory, and Lady Brumbach. Being able to learn new parts quickly she was often called upon to play the Queen in " Hamlet," Lady All- worth, or Lady Rachel, to accommodate the man- agement. On 10 Sept.. 1837, Mrs. Mackenzie en- acted Helen in the " Hunchback " in Chicago, and this was the first theatrical exhibition there. In 1841 she played in Natchez, Vicksburg, and Mobile, and in 1843 in New Orleans.

MACKENZIE, Kenneth, Canadian judge, b. in Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1804 ; d. in Toronto, 7 Feb., 1883. He came to Canada in 1831, settled in Montreal, where he served as a merchant's clerk, and subsequently began business in Cobourg on his own account. He afterward studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and became a Queen's counsel in 1853, and a bencher of the Law society in 1871. He first practised at Kingston in 1853, was appointed county court judge of Frontenac and allied counties, and in 1865 resigned and removed to Toronto. In 1866 Mr. Mackenzie was I'etained as counsel by the U. S. government for the Fenians, that were concerned in the raid at Fort Erie, and succeeded in securing the acquittal of about one half of the number that were captured. He was employed as crown prosecutor by the government of Ontario, ai^pointed judge of the