Sir George Mackenzie

1636 - 1691  (55 years)

• Name	George Mackenzie  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Birth	1636	Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Or 1638
  Gender	Male
  Education	1650	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Student at King's College
  Education	1653	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  	Graduated from St Leonard's College
  Education	24 Oct 1658	Bourges, Cher, Centre, France   [2]
  	Graduated in law at the University of Bourges
  Occupation	18 Jan 1658/59	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty
  Occupation	25 Jul 1661	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Justice-Depute - date appointed
  Occupation	1663	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Author of 'Religio Stoici, with a friendly Addresse to the Phaaticks of all Sects and Sorts", denouncing religious persecution and zealotry
  Property	1668	Avoch, Ross-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Purchased the lands of Rosehaugh from the Bishop of Ross
  Occupation	4 Sep 1677	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Lord Advocate - date appointed. Was to oversee legal prosecutions of Covenanters in the period that became knowwn as the Killing Time
  Role	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Supporter
  Title Suffix	of Rosehaugh
  Occupation	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Author of 'Jus Regium, or The just and solicd foundations of monarchy in general, and more especially of the monarchy of Scotland' directed against resistance theories espoused by Covenanters
  Occupation	May 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Member of the Secret Committee dealing with the Argyll Rebellion and Covenanter dissidents (a subset of the Privy Council)
  Death	8 May 1691	Westminster, London, England   [2]
  	St James's Street
  Burial	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Greyfriars kirkyard
  Person ID	I45349	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Simon Mackenzie
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Bruce,   b. St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1634
  Marriage Contract	5 Jun 1634
  Family ID	F31961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Dickson,   b. Abt 1645   d. Aug 1669 (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	1662
  Marriage Contract	8 Dec 1662  [2]
  	Post-nuptial contract
  Family ID	F31962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Halyburton,   b. Daughter of James Halyburton of Pitcur   d. 1713
  Marriage	14 Jan 1669/70	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  Family ID	F31963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1636 - Dundee, Angus, Scotland Education - Student at King's College - 1650 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Education - Graduated from St Leonard's College - 1653 - St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Education - Graduated in law at the University of Bourges - 24 Oct 1658 - Bourges, Cher, Centre, France Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty - 18 Jan 1658/59 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Justice-Depute - date appointed - 25 Jul 1661 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Author of 'Religio Stoici, with a friendly Addresse to the Phaaticks of all Sects and Sorts", denouncing religious persecution and zealotry - 1663 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Purchased the lands of Rosehaugh from the Bishop of Ross - 1668 - Avoch, Ross-shire, Scotland Marriage - 14 Jan 1669/70 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Lord Advocate - date appointed. Was to oversee legal prosecutions of Covenanters in the period that became knowwn as the Killing Time - 4 Sep 1677 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Supporter - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Author of 'Jus Regium, or The just and solicd foundations of monarchy in general, and more especially of the monarchy of Scotland' directed against resistance theories espoused by Covenanters - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Member of the Secret Committee dealing with the Argyll Rebellion and Covenanter dissidents (a subset of the Privy Council) - May 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 8 May 1691 - Westminster, London, England Burial - - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3578] Lang, Andrew, Sir George Mackenzie, King’s Advocate, of Rosehaugh, His Life and Times 1636(?)-1691. [S3626] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: Oxford;), Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehaugh (1636/1638-1691), by Clare Jackson (2004). [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943, p135. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD112/39/137/17; GD112/39/137/20; GD112/39/137/25; GD112/39/137/27. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Edinburgh 685/1 440/111.