Family and Education
b. 23 Apr. 1707, o.s. of Alexander Mackye, or McKie, M.P. [S], of Larg and Palgowan by Christian, 2nd da. of Sir James Dunbar, 1st Bt., of Mochrum, wid. of Maj. Thomas Young of Leny, Wigtown. educ. ?Edinburgh Univ.; Leyden 1728; adv. 1731. m. 28 July 1755, Jane, 1st da. of George Ross, 13th Lord Ross [S], sis. and h. of William, 14th Lord Ross [S] (whom she suc. 1754), s.p. suc. fa. 1733; assumed add. name of Ross before Mackye 1755.
Offices Held
Treasurer of the Ordnance 1763 – 80; receiver gen. of stamp duties 1780 – 94.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Palgowan, Kirkcudbright.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
MACKYE, John (1707-97)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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