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Roderick Mackenzie (Jacobite)
Roderick Mackenzie was a Jacobitism, Jacobite soldier who was killed during the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745 while acting as a Look-alike, body double for the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, in July 1746. Early life Roderick Mackenzie was the son of an Edinburgh tradesman, possibly a jeweller and goldsmith, named Colin Mackenzie. Initially, Roderick followed his father's trade and became an apprentice jeweller but then moved on to be a merchant at Fisherrow. However, he continued to follow his father's view on politics having been told many stories about the Jacobite rising of 1715 by him and so became a passionate Jacobite. Jacobite rising of 1745 Roderick's father had died before Bonnie Prince Charlie had arrived in 1745 but when the Prince reached Edinburgh on August 8, 1745, Roderick joined his Jacobite army. Roderick joined David Wemyss, Lord Elcho's Troop of the Prince's Life Guards. It was soon noticed tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick MacKenzie's Grave - Geograph
Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic , from , + , ) is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)740 Its Old High German forms are , , , , , ; in Gothic language ; in Old English language it appears as or , and in Old Norse as (Old East Norse , , Old West Norse as , ). In the 12th-century ''Primary Chronicle'', the name is reflected as , i.e. ''Rurik''. In Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese, it was rendered as ''Rodrigo'', or in its short form, ''Ruy or Rui'', and in Galician language, Galician, the name is ''Roy'' or ''Roi''. In Arabic, the form (), used to refer Roderic (Ulfilas, Ulfilan ), the last king of the Visigoths. Saint Roderick () is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. The modern English name does not continue the Anglo-Saxon form but was re-introduced from the continent by the Normans in England in the High Middle Ages, medieval England. The Middle English given name had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |