Sir George MacKenzie
The name George MacKenzie is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Greyfriars private cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 466 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
George MacKenzie was buried in 1691. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
George MacKenzie is listed on the GPR grave numbered 138807.
George MacKenzie is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
George MacKenzie has the record number 294955 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 23 June 2011
There are images available for the monument listing George MacKenzie (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against George MacKenzie record:
A distinguished lawyer founder of the Advocates library As Kings Advocate he vigorously prosecuted the Covenanters and became known as Bluidy MacKenzie This handsome mausoleum is one of the finest in the kirkyard It is said that boys from Heriots Hospital used to as a dare shout through the door: Bluidy MacKenzie come oot if ye daur Life the sneck and draw the bar! This mausaleum is of considerable architectural importance the mason and designer being James Smith Inside set in the floor is a grating which gives access to a crypt where the family coffins were placed