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About James Stuart-Mackenzie
James Stuart-Mackenzie was a Scottish politician and joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. The second son of James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute, he served as Member of Parliament for various Scottish constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742 to 1780. Stuart-Mackenzie was the British Minister at Turin from 1758 to 1761. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1761, and served as Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1763 to 1765, and again from the following year until his death in 1800.
Everything about James Stuart-Mackenzie →- Occupation
- politician, astronomer
- Position held
- member of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 23, 1719
- Died
- 1800