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Alstair Mackenzie (c.1804 – 26 September 1852) [1] was the first Treasurer of Victoria. [2]

Alstair Mackenzie was the only [1] son of General John Mackenzie and Lilias Chisholm [3] from Inverness, Scotland. [1] Mackenzie married Wade Ellen Huyler, daughter of George Huyler, in 1839. He gained the rank of Officer in the service of the 90th Light Infantry. [3] Mackenzie was a magistrate in the Bahamas. [4] Then he went to Melbourne and became the first Treasurer for the Government of Victoria in 1851. [2] Mackenzie, who was ill for some time, died on Sunday evening 26 September 1852, at his residence in Collingwood, Victoria, at the age of forty-eight years. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Died". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1852. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 73. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Person Page - 48445". The Peerage.
  4. ^ "Descendants of Kenneth (I Lord of Kintail) MacKenzie". FamilyTreeMaker.com.
  5. ^ "Death of the Colonial Treasurer". Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer. 28 September 1852. p. 1S.
New title Treasurer of Victoria
15 July 1851 – 26 September 1852
Succeeded by