William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree, GBE,PC,KC (19 August 1860 – 5 May 1942), known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and Labour (later National Labour) politician. He served as Secretary of State for Air under Ramsay MacDonald between 1930 and 1931.
Mackenzie published The Overseer's Handbook in 1889 and became a King's Counsel in 1914.[2] In 1918 he became Chairman of the Committee on Production, a position he held until 1919. He was then President of the Industrial Court between 1919 and 1926 and Chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways between 1920 and 1926, of the Industrial Delegation to Canada and the USA between 1926 and 1927, and of the Departmental Committee on the Shop Hours Act 1927. He was promoted within the Order of the British Empire to be a Knight Grand Cross (GBE).[3]
Political careeredit
In 1929 Mackenzie was raised to the peerage as Baron Amulree, of Strathbraan in the County of Perth,[4] giving him a seat in the House of Lords and the possibility of joining the government. In October 1930, he was appointed as Secretary of State for Air[5] in Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government, succeeding the deceased Lord Thomson, with a seat in the cabinet, and at the same time was sworn into the Privy Council.[5] He was one of the few Labour politicians to follow MacDonald into the coalition National Government, in which he kept his post, although not his seat on the Cabinet, until the reconstruction of the government after the November 1931 general election.
Amulree married Lilian, daughter of William Hardwck Bradbury, in 1897. She died at Cheam, Surrey, in June 1916. Amulree died in May 1942, aged 81, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Basil, who became a distinguished physician.[1]
Honoursedit
In 1917 Amulree was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 1918 promoted in the same Order to a Knight Commander (KBE), making him Sir William Mackenzie.[6]
Coat of arms of William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
Crest
A dexter cubit arm charged with a thistle leaved and slipped and grasping in the hand a sword point upwards Proper pommel and hilt Or.
Escutcheon
Azure a stag's head caboshed Or on a chief Ermine a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two millrinds of the second.
Supporters
On either side an eagle reguardant Proper collared Or that on the dexter holding in the beak a sprig of mountain ash fruit Proper and that on the sinister a sprig of myrtle also fruited Proper.
william, mackenzie, baron, amulree, william, warrender, mackenzie, baron, amulree, august, 1860, 1942, known, william, mackenzie, between, 1918, 1929, british, barrister, public, servant, labour, later, national, labour, politician, served, secretary, state, u. William Warrender Mackenzie 1st Baron Amulree GBE PC KC 19 August 1860 5 May 1942 known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929 was a British barrister public servant and Labour later National Labour politician He served as Secretary of State for Air under Ramsay MacDonald between 1930 and 1931 The Right HonourableThe Lord AmulreeGBE PC KCSecretary of State for AirIn office 14 October 1930 5 November 1931MonarchGeorge VPrime MinisterRamsay MacDonaldPreceded byThe Lord ThomsonSucceeded byThe Marquess of LondonderryPersonal detailsBornWilliam Warrender Mackenzie 1860 08 19 19 August 1860Died5 May 1942 1942 05 05 aged 81 NationalityBritishPolitical partyNational LabourOther politicalaffiliationsLabourSpouseLilian Bradbury m 1897 died 1916 wbr ChildrenBasilAlma materUniversity of Edinburgh He later chaired the Newfoundland Royal Commission which reported on the future governance of the Dominion of Newfoundland Contents 1 Early life 2 Public career 3 Political career 4 Personal life 5 Honours 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editAmulree was the son of Robert Robin Mackenzie of Scone Perthshire and Jean daughter of Basil Menzies He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was called to the Bar from Lincoln s Inn in 1886 1 Public career editMackenzie published The Overseer s Handbook in 1889 and became a King s Counsel in 1914 2 In 1918 he became Chairman of the Committee on Production a position he held until 1919 He was then President of the Industrial Court between 1919 and 1926 and Chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways between 1920 and 1926 of the Industrial Delegation to Canada and the USA between 1926 and 1927 and of the Departmental Committee on the Shop Hours Act 1927 He was promoted within the Order of the British Empire to be a Knight Grand Cross GBE 3 Political career editIn 1929 Mackenzie was raised to the peerage as Baron Amulree of Strathbraan in the County of Perth 4 giving him a seat in the House of Lords and the possibility of joining the government In October 1930 he was appointed as Secretary of State for Air 5 in Ramsay MacDonald s second Labour government succeeding the deceased Lord Thomson with a seat in the cabinet and at the same time was sworn into the Privy Council 5 He was one of the few Labour politicians to follow MacDonald into the coalition National Government in which he kept his post although not his seat on the Cabinet until the reconstruction of the government after the November 1931 general election In 1933 Amulree chaired the Newfoundland Royal Commission which prepared a report on the future of Newfoundland as a dominion of the British Empire 1 Personal life editAmulree married Lilian daughter of William Hardwck Bradbury in 1897 She died at Cheam Surrey in June 1916 Amulree died in May 1942 aged 81 and was succeeded in the barony by his son Basil who became a distinguished physician 1 Honours editIn 1917 Amulree was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE and in 1918 promoted in the same Order to a Knight Commander KBE making him Sir William Mackenzie 6 Coat of arms of William Mackenzie 1st Baron Amulree nbsp nbsp Crest A dexter cubit arm charged with a thistle leaved and slipped and grasping in the hand a sword point upwards Proper pommel and hilt Or Escutcheon Azure a stag s head caboshed Or on a chief Ermine a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two millrinds of the second Supporters On either side an eagle reguardant Proper collared Or that on the dexter holding in the beak a sprig of mountain ash fruit Proper and that on the sinister a sprig of myrtle also fruited Proper Motto I To The Hills 7 References edit a b c G E Cokayne Vicary Gibbs et al The Complete Peerage Gloucester Alan Sutton Publishing 2000 volume XIII page 472 No 28935 The London Gazette 13 October 1914 p 8125 No 33179 The London Gazette Supplement 2 July 1926 p 4409 No 33519 The London Gazette 23 July 1929 p 4850 a b No 33654 The London Gazette 21 October 1930 p 6397 No 30730 The London Gazette Supplement 4 June 1918 p 6686 Burke s Peerage 1959 External links editPortraits of William Mackenzie 1st Baron Amulree at the National Portrait Gallery London nbsp Political offices Preceded byThe Lord Thomson Secretary of State for Air1930 1931 Succeeded byThe Marquess of Londonderry Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron Amulree1929 1942 Succeeded byBasil Mackenzie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Mackenzie 1st Baron Amulree amp oldid 1204356230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
