Peter Mackenzie, Editor of the Glasgow Gazette
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TitlePeter Mackenzie, Editor of the Glasgow Gazette
ReferenceGD185
Date1711-c1875
Archive creator Peter Mackenzie
Scope and ContentPapers re. Pardon of the Bonnymuir Victims, 1827-1839; Correspondence re. statue of Sir John Moore in Glasgow, 1809-1811; Correspondence from Hon. Fox Maule and others, 1839-1852; Letters mainly from Joseph Hume, 1831-1858; Correspondence re. Colonel and General Hamilton, 1803-1843; Correspondence from Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel and Richard Cobden 1844-1863; Correspondence from the Lord Advocate, Francis Jeffrey, 1831-1833; Correspondence from William Schaw Lindsay MP, 1850s; Papers re. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1811-1829; Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers, 1711-c1875.
Extent1 box [0.30m]
LanguageEnglish, French
Archival historyTransferred with the Kirkintilloch Burgh records
Persons keyword Peter Mackenzie
Level of descriptionfonds
Admin history/BiographyPeter Mackenzie was born in 1799 in Dumbarton and educated at the Burgh School. From the age of 10 he worked in the Dumbarton sheriff clerk's office. In 1814 he was transferred to the Glasgow office, working for Aeneas Morrison, a staunch Reformer, and whilst working for him, Mackenzie became interested in reform himself. In 1827, after having started up as a writer on his own under the patronage of Grahame of Gartmore and, as a result of the bankruptcy of his patron, for whom he had become security, had his estate sequestrated, Mackenzie decided to turn to promote his political beliefs through journalism. In 1831 he started publishing the Loyal Reformers' Gazette, which became the Reformers' Gazette in 1832, and the Glasgow Gazette from 1854 to 1865.
As editor, Mackenzie became known as 'Loyal Peter', and his work led to the exposure of the Glasgow spy Alexander Richmond and the Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life Insurance Company fraud. After retiring from the newspaper business, Mackenzie wrote 'Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland'. Peter Mackenzie died on a visit to London in 1875 and is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.
As editor, Mackenzie became known as 'Loyal Peter', and his work led to the exposure of the Glasgow spy Alexander Richmond and the Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life Insurance Company fraud. After retiring from the newspaper business, Mackenzie wrote 'Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland'. Peter Mackenzie died on a visit to London in 1875 and is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch