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1 L/D141: West Highland Museum papers: Nigel Banks MacKenzie papers, 1836-1935 RECORDS’ IDENTITY STATEMENT Reference number: L/D141 Alternative reference number: N/A Title: Nigel Banks MacKenzie papers Dates: 1836-1935 Level of description: Fonds Extent: 0.2 linear metres Format: paper RECORDS’ CONTEXT Names of creators: Nigel Banks Mackenzie, his family and others Administrative history: Nigel Banks Mackenzie (1836-1924), was born on St Kilda, the son of Nigel or Niel MacKenzie, Church of Scotland minister on the island, and his wife Elizabeth Mackenzie, nee Crawford. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, after which he became a solicitor and Writer to the Signet. He joined the British Linen Bank and was appointed manager of its Fort William branch in 1868, aged 32. He also ran a legal practice and land agency, and became factor for several Scottish estates, including Lochiel, Ardgour, Glenfintaig, Glenuig and Kingairloch, as well as a British Linen director. He was extremely active in promoting railways, in particular the West Highland Railway to Fort William and its later extension to Mallaig, served as Provost GB3218/ 01/07/10 2 of Fort William for several term, and also as Chairman of the Inverness County Council. In 1872 he married Lilias Scott MacKenzie (1851/2-1914) and the couple had 11 children, including Nigel Banks MacKenzie Jr, Donald MacPherson MacKenzie, Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, who married John Frederick Rogers in 1916, Mary Helen MacKenzie, who married Henry Cecil Knox Dick, Agnes Cecelia Jane Mackenzie, who married James Hamilton- Gunn and moved to Canada, Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, Lilias Kathleen MacKenzie, Edith Mabel MacKenzie, who was confined in the Royal Asylum in Montrose, Frank MacKenzie and Charles Edward Stuart MacKenzie. He lived on Cameron Square in Fort William, and kept another residence, Camus House or Camusmore in Onich for summer use. He had also a house in Edinburgh, and boat houses at Fort William and Onich, as he was a keen sailor. Custodial history: Kept at the West Highland Museum, Fort William before being deposited by the Museum with Lochaber Archive Centre on 14 July 2014. RECORDS’ CONTENT Description: Legal and financial papers of Nigel Banks MacKenzie: property valuations 1909-1915; baptisms, marriages and deaths 1836-1916; MacKenzie & Co. papers 1911-1916; marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie and Henry Cecil Knox Dick 1887-1913; papers regarding insurance and advance loans against Marriage Contract trust 1872-1917; receipts, bills and banker’s drafts 1915-1930; tax affairs 1924; Minutes of Mrs and Mrs Nigel Banks MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees and related papers, 1882-1924; Edith Mabel MacKenzie papers 1934-1935; Opinions of Counsel and related papers 1903-1927; business accounts and GB3218/ 01/07/10 3 statements of cost 1906-1930. Appraisal: N/A Accruals: N/A CONDITIONS OF ACCESS Access: Open Closed until: N/A Access conditions: N/A Copying: Allowed, but permission for reproduction must be sought from West Highland Museum Finding aids: List in search room ALLIED MATERIALS Related material: N/A Publication: N/A Notes: No discernible original order so the order in which papers were arranged by the West Highland Museum has been followed. Date of catalogue: 14/10/2014 L/D141/1 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1909-1915 papers: property valuations L/D141/1/1 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Camusmore, Onich L/D141/1/2 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Woodside Hotel, Oban; with handwritten valuation dated 19 January 1911 attached L/D141/1/3 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Ferndale Villa, Fort William L/D141/1/4 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 GB3218/ 01/07/10 4 trust, valuation of property, Palace Hotel, Fort William L/D141/1/5 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Woodlea, Fort William L/D141/1/6 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Argyll Hotel, Fort William L/D141/1/7 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Lochiel Villa, Fort William L/D141/1/8 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Fassifern Road and Bank Street, Fort William L/D141/1/9 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, Tennoch Road, Uplanmoor L/D141/1/10 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, 37 Mayfield gardens, Edinburgh L/D141/1/11 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, 18 Vessalius Street, Shettleston L/D141/1/12 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915 trust, valuation of property, 201 Holmlea Road, Glasgow L/D141/1/13 Report of Tynecastle feu duties, Edinburgh 1909 L/D141/2 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1836-1916 papers: baptisms, marriages and deaths L/D141/2/1 Extract from Register of Baptisms, St Kilda, 1836 baptism of Nigel Banks MacKenzie (spelled ‘Niel’), 21 April 1836 L/D141/2/2 Extract from Register of Deaths: death of Lilias 1914 Scott MacKenzie, wife of Nigel Banks Mackenzie, 10 July 1914 L/D141/2/3 Extract from Register of Marriages, marriage of 1916 Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, daughter of Nigel GB3218/ 01/07/10 5 Banks MacKenzie, to John Frederick Rogers, 15 September 1916 L/D141/3 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1911-1926 papers: MacKenzie & Co. L/D143/3/1 MacKenzie & Co. Ltd: Balance Sheet 1911, typed 1911 and handwritten copies L/D143/3/2 MacKenzie & Co. Ltd: Balance Sheet 1912 1912 L/D143/3/3 Letter, Harper Bros & Feather, Chartered 23 Sept 1913 Accountants, London, to Lilias Scott MacKenzie, Fort William, concerning capital reduction, MacKenzie & Co. L/D143/3/4 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, 6 October 1913 Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co. L/D143/3/5 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, 11 October 1913 Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co. L/D141/3/6 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, 16 October 1913 Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, North British Hotel, Glasgow, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co. L/D141/3/7 List of ordinary shareholders in MacKenzie & Co. n. d. Ltd L/D141/3/8 List of preference shareholders in MacKenzie & n. d. Co. Ltd L/D141/3/9 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1926 Trust: Report by Messrs. Chiene and Tait, C. A., as to the position of MacKenzie & Coy. Ltd, dated 17th June 1926 L/D141/3/10 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1926 Trust: Report by Messrs. Chiene and Tait, C. A., as to the position of MacKenzie & Coy. Ltd, dated 15th July 1926 L/D141/4 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1887-1913 papers: marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie GB3218/ 01/07/10 6 and Henry Cecil Knox Dick and associated Marriage Contract trust L/D141/4/1 Marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie and Henry 1887-1913 Cecil Knox Dick: correspondence—Henry Knox Dick, Edinburgh; Grahams & MacCall, Chartered Accountants, Glasgow; Sibbald & MacKenzie, W. S., Edinburgh; N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William L/D141/4/2 Monthly Investment List, containing every 1904 Security officially quoted on the London Stock Exchange, issued by Pember & Boyle, Stock & Share Brokers L/D141/4/3 Copy Marriage Contract between H. C. Knox Dick 1905 and Mary Helen MacKenzie; with memorandum for Mr N. B. MacKenzie and letter to him from Sibbald & MacKenzie, W. S., Edinburgh dated 17 November 1905 L/D141/4/4 Opinion in case of Henry Cecil Knox Dick vs. Rev, 1907 John Baird L/D141/4/5 Mrs and Mrs Knox Dick’s Marriage trust: Notice of 1908 Assignation for Trustees acting under Marriage Contract of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie L/D141/4/6 Minute by the Trustees acting under the Ante- 1908 Nuptial Contract of Mr and Mrs Knox Dick L/D141/4/7 Memorandum as to Mr Henry C. Knox Dick’s 1910 affairs for consideration of his Marriage Contract Trustees L/D141/4/7 Mr and Mrs Knox Dick’s Trust: Notice for Trustees 1911 under ante-nuptial contract of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie L/D141/5 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1870-1924 papers: insurance and advance loans against Marriage Contract trust L/D141/5/1 Intimation of Assignation of Policy of the Scottish 1870 Provident Trust Institution by Nigel Banks MacKenzie to the British Linen Company L/D141/5/2 Antenuptial Contract of Marriage between Nigel 1872 GB3218/ 01/07/10 7 Banks MacKenzie and Lilias Scott MacKenzie L/D141/5/3 Notice of Retrocession by the Commissioners for 1877 the British Linen Company to Nigel Banks Mackenzie of Policy on his life by the Scottish Provident Association L/D141/5/4 Notice, the British Linen Bank to the Scottish 1907 Provident Institution, of the Assignment of Policy no. 18540, N. B. MacKenzie L/D141/5/5 Correspondence, Scottish Provident Institution 1907-1908 and British Linen Bank, concerning Policy no. 18540, MacKenzie L/D141/5/6 Scottish Provident Institution: The Scottish 1909 Reversionary Co. Ltd, Letters of Obligation regarding custody of assignation of Policy L/D141/5/7 Intimation, Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s 1914 Marriage Contract Trustees to the Scottish Provident Institution of Assignation of Policy no.