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Hector Uisdean MacKenzie, Baron MacKenzie of Culkein (born 25 February 1940) is a Scottish nurse and former
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official. The son of George MacKenzie and Williamina Sutherland, he was educated at the Isle of Erraid Public School in
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, the Aird Public School on the
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, the
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in
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, and the
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in
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. He went then to the Leverndale School of Nursing in
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and the West Cumberland School of Nursing in
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. MacKenzie was a student nurse at the
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from 1958 to 1961 and
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from 1964 to 1966. Since 1969, he had worked for the
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, first as assistant regional secretary, then from 1970 to 1974 as regional secretary for
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and
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. He was the national officer from 1974 to 1983, assistant general secretary from 1983 to 1987, and
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from 1987 to 1993. MacKenzie is a member of
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and was its associate general secretary between 1993 and 2000. In 1966 he received the
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for Nurse of the Year, and in 1999 he was created a
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as ''Baron MacKenzie of Culkein, of Assynt in
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''. MacKenzie of Culkein was married to Anna Morrison from 1961 to 1991; they have one son and three daughters. Mackenzie retired from the House of Lords on 8 July. He retains his peerage and title.


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* 1940 births Living people General secretaries of the Confederation of Health Service Employees British trade union leaders Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Presidents of the Trades Union Congress Mackenzie of Culkein People educated at Portree High School People educated at the Nicolson Institute Scottish nurses Life peers created by Elizabeth II Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 {{Life-peer-stub