Biographical Summary

"Joshua Henry Mackenzie - Son of the celebrated Henry Mackenzie, was admitted advocate 19th January 1799, was appointed Sheriff-depute of the county of Linlithgow, 9th March 1811, and advanced to the bench, 14th November 1822, on the resignation of Sir William Macleod Bannatyne. His Lordship was also appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1824, on the resignation of Lord Succoth, and one of the Lords Commissioners of the Jury Court, 12th November 1825."

SOURCE: An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice: From Its Institution in MDXXXII; by George Brunton, David Haig; 1832; Page 550