Robert Campbell MacKenzie


Colonel Sir Robert Campbell MacKenzie was a Scottish international rugby union player. He also served in the British Army.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in December 1877.
He played for West of Scotland District against East of Scotland District in February 1878.
MacKenzie played for the Blues Trial side in February 1878.

International career

He was capped four times for between 1877 and 1881, scoring two goals, three tries, and two drop goals.

Administrative career

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1924 to 1925.

Military career

He was a commander of the Highland Light Infantry.

Outside of rugby and military

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1911. Following the first World War, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 Birthday Honours.
He died, aged 89, in Duntocher, Dumbartonshire in 1945.