Robert Bownas Mackie

Robert Bownas Mackie (1820 – 18 June 1885) was an English corn merchant and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Mackie was the son of Robert J Mackie of St John's Wakefield. He was educated at Wesley College Sheffield and became a partner in the firm of Robert Mackie and Sons, corn merchants. He was a J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[1]

In 1874 Mackie stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Wakefield. At the 1880 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Wakefield. He held the seat until his death at the age of 64 in 1885.^[2]

Mackie married Fanny Shaw daughter of William Shaw of Stanley Hall, Wakefield in 1852.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Mackie

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Kemp Sanderson	Member of Parliament for Wakefield 1880 – 1885	Succeeded by Edward Green

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Name	Mackie, Robert
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1820
Place of birth
Date of death	18 June 1885
Place of death