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The Muir Mackenzie Baronetcy, of Delvine in the
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, is a title in the
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. It was created on 9 November 1805 for Alexander Muir Mackenzie. Born Alexander Muir, he had assumed the additional surname of Mackenzie on succeeding to the estates of his great-uncle John Mackenzie, of Delvine,
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, third son of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, of Coul (see Mackenzie baronets). Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir Mackenzie, was a younger son of the second Baronet and Georgina Muir Mackenzie was a daughter. Sir Robert Cecil, 5th Baronet, was killed in action whilst serving the 5th Battalion (attached 9th Battalion),
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on 12 April 1918. He lies in Bienvillers Military Cemetery in
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Muir Mackenzie baronets, of Delvine (1805)

*Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet
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(1764–1835) *Sir John William Pitt Muir Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet (1806–1885) *Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet (1840–1909) *Sir Robert Smythe Muir Mackenzie, 4th Baronet (1842–1918) *Sir Robert Cecil Muir Mackenzie, MC, 5th Baronet (1893–1918) *Sir Robert Henry Muir Mackenzie, 6th Baronet (1917–1970) *Sir Alexander Alwyne Henry Charles Brinton Muir Mackenzie, 7th Baronet (born 1955) The
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to the baronetcy is Archie Robert David Muir Mackenzie of Delvine, the Younger (born 1989), eldest son of the 7th Baronet.


See also

* Mackenzie baronets * Baron Muir Mackenzie


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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=February 2013 Muir Mackenzie