William Mackenzie - 5th of Balmaduthie

William Mackenzie

Born 1735
Died 1774
Alias: 
5th of Balmaduthie
Biography: 

Advocate. Son of John Mackenzie and Rebecca Mackenzie. Married (1763 or 1769) to Maria Lancaster, dau of John Lancaster of Cambridge. They had 6 children. Sometime Commisary of Edinburgh.

Life with Boswell: 

Boswell met him at Kames on October 24, 1762, describing him as "a young gentleman of Inverness-shire, very genteel and well-bred and obliging".

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