Keith Ronald Mackenzie
Keith Ronald Mackenzie (1861-1928)
1928 Obituary [1]
KEITH RONALD MACKENZIE, who became an Associate of the Institution in 1886 and a Companion in 1922, was in no sense a professional engineer, but as a hobby he carried it so far as to serve an apprenticeship at Crewe locomotive works and he was an efficient mechanician.
He possessed a private workshop of extraordinary completeness, the power being supplied by two gas-engines, and its chief purpose was the repair and maintenance of the steam and other yachts possessed by its owner.
One of the latter, the "Seahorse," was used by the Government throughout the War as an examination vessel, and Mr. Mackenzie fitted out the vessel for this purpose himself and in very short time.
He was born at Fawley Court in 1861 and died on 1st March 1928, at Cannes.