Robert Mackenzie (trader)
Robert Mackenzie (died 15 May 1853) was a trader and co-founder of the Mackinnon Mackenzie Company, now known as Inchcape plc.
Career
[edit]Born in Campbeltown in Argyll, Robert Mackenzie went out to Calcutta in India where, in 1836, he set up an oil goods import and export business[1] and also became involved in the coasting trade around the Bay of Bengal.[2][3]
In 1847, together with William Mackinnon, he co-founded the Mackinnon Mackenzie Company[3] which went on to become a major trading house, shipping goods from India to the United Kingdom.[2][3] Mackenzie chose Ghazipur as the base for his own activities.[2]
In 1853 Mackenzie set out for Australia to seek out trading opportunities for the McKinnon Mackenzie Company.[2] He died on board the SS Monumental City which was shipwrecked off the coast of Victoria, near Gabo Island on 15 May 1853.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ De Fonseka
- ^ a b c d British India History
- ^ a b c William Mackinnon at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Victoria Archaeological Survey Occasional Reports Series Number 24
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