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William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree

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in 1914. In 1918 he became Chairman of the Committee on Production, a position he held until 1919. He was then President of the Industrial Court between 1919 and 1926 and Chairman of the National Wages Board for Railways between 1920 and 1926, of the Industrial Delegation to
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In 1929 Mackenzie was raised to the peerage as Baron Amulree, of Strathbraan in the County of Perth, giving him a seat in the House of Lords and the possibility of joining the government. In October 1930, he was appointed as
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between 1926 and 1927, and of the Departmental Committee on the Shop Hours Act 1927. He was promoted within the Order of the British Empire to be a Knight Grand Cross (GBE).
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Azure a stag's head caboshed Or on a chief Ermine a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper between two millrinds of the second.
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between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and
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to a Knight Commander (KBE), making him Sir William Mackenzie.
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Coat of arms of William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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In 1917 Amulree was appointed as a Commander of the
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Amulree was the son of Robert (Robin) Mackenzie, of
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The Right Honourable
GBE
PC
KC
Sir William Mackenzie in 1924
Secretary of State for Air
George V
Ramsay MacDonald
The Lord Thomson
The Marquess of Londonderry
National Labour
Labour
Basil
Alma mater
University of Edinburgh
GBE
PC
KC
Labour
National Labour
Secretary of State for Air
Ramsay MacDonald
Newfoundland Royal Commission
Dominion of Newfoundland
Scone
Perthshire
University of Edinburgh
called to the Bar
Lincoln's Inn
King's Counsel

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