Alexander Mackenzie, FSA Scot (1838 – 22 January 1898)[1] was a Scottish historian, author, magazine editor and politician.
In 1869 he settled in Inverness, where he and his brother set up a clothes shop in Clach na Cudainn House.
[6] In the 1880s Mackenzie became actively involved in the Highland land issue and campaigned for security of tenure for crofters.
In Nuair Chaidh na Ceithir Ùr Oirre, Màiri Mhòr nan Òran describes going with him, Charles Fraser-Mackintosh and others to elicit the support of Mrs. MacRae of Stromeferry for their cause and affectionately tells how "the Clach" discouraged 17-stone Màiri from getting into a rowing boat with the others.
John Prebble wrote "...it has been and will remain a book to be read, an essential part of any study of the clearances".