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William Mackenzie, 5° Conde de Seaforth (faleció en 1740) fue un noble escocés. Fue uno de los que se unió al jacobitismo en Braemar durante la sublevación jacobita de 1715, conocida como la Revuelta de "El Viejo Pretendiente", y luego, habiendo conseguido 3.000 hombres, estuvo presente en la Batalla de Sheriffmuir y fue ...
Político escocés, de nombre completo William Lyon Mackenzie, nació el 12 de marzo de 1795, en Springfield y falleció el 28 de agosto de 1861. En 1820 se instaló en Canadá, donde, años más tarde, pasaría a liderar una rebelión (1837).
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada.
William Lyon Mackenzie (born March 12, 1795, Springfield, Angus, Scot.—died Aug. 28, 1861, Toronto) was a Scottish-born journalist and political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Canadian government in 1837. Mackenzie emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1820 and became a general merchant. Responding to the discontent in ...
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Mackenzie was raised in Scotland as a secessionist Presbyterianby his widowed mother and ran a general store with her by 1814. After the business went bankrupt Mackenzie appears to have moved to find work, including some time in London, England, where he likely wrote for newspapers. Mackenzie sailed to Canada in 1820 and soon settled in Upper Canad...
Mackenzie's venomous attacks on the local oligarchy brought reprisals in the form of libel suits, threats and physical assaults, as well as an attack on his printing office in 1826, which left his press wrecked and the type thrown into the lake. Mackenzie’s scathing attacks on his opponents also led to his repeated expulsion from the Assembly, alth...
On 5 December 1837, convinced that he would gain spontaneous support, he led an erratic expedition down Yonge Street towards Toronto. The rebels planned to march to the house of Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Bond Head and perhaps City Hall. However, the plan failed due to disorganized leadership and a lack of discipline. As the force neared Toron...
Mackenzie moved to New York where he founded Mackenzie's Gazette. However, he was convicted of violation of the US neutrality laws and imprisoned for a year, falling ill and deeper in debt. He spent the next 10 years in the US, eventually finding employment as a correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. During exile he wrote several books, incl...
Mackenzie’s official biography was published by his son-in-law, Charles Lindsey, in 1862. More recently, his legacy has been fraught with controversy, and he has been hailed as both a political failure and a political hero. His critics describe him as an ineffectual mayor, unable to cope with Toronto’s debt or its divided council. Detractors cite h...
William Lyon Mackenzie (12 de marzo de 1795, Dundee, Escocia - 28 de agosto de 1861, Toronto) fue un periodista y agitador político canadiense de origen escocés. Emigró a Canadá en 1820 y se convirtió en comerciante del Alto Canadá (más tarde parte de Ontario).
25 de feb. de 2016 · Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King guided the country through six painful years of conflict, oversaw a massive war effort and made surprisingly few errors in a period of tremendous turmoil, change and anguish.
