Basil Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree

Basil Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree, KBE FRCP (25 July 1900 – 15 December 1983), was a British physician and leading advocate of geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom.

Amulree was born in South Kensington, London, England, the son of William Mackenzie, a barrister, and Lilian, daughter of W. H. Bradbury.

[1] Upon graduating Amulree joined the Ministry of Health, initially working on the delivery of cancer services, but then on what would become geriatrics.

Amulree at the ministry, J. H. Sheldon in Wolverhampton, Marjory Warren, Trevor Howell in Croydon and Oxford's Lionel Cosin were some of the founders of the Medical Society for the Care of the Elderly in 1947.

[citation needed] He spoke in the Lords on a variety of issues in relation to the care of the elderly.