Family and Education
b. 23 Apr. 1707, o.s. of Alexander Mackye or McKie, M.P. [S], of Palgowan by Christian, da. of Sir James Dunbar, 1st Bt., of Mochrum, wid. of Maj. Thomas Young of Leny, Wigtown. educ. ?Edin. Univ.; Leyden 1728; adv. Jan. 1731. m. 28 July 1755, Jane, da. of George, 13th Lord Ross [S], sis, and h. of William, 14th Lord Ross; assumed name of Ross before Mackye 1755. suc. fa. 22 Feb. 1735.
Offices Held
Treasurer of Ordnance 1763 – 80; receiver gen. of stamp duties 1780 – 94.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Palgowan, Kirkcudbright Stewartry.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
MACKYE, John (1707-97)
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