Francis Mackenzie, was a Scottish member of the Plymouth Brethren Nazarene group, who travelled to Belgrade to start work for the British and Foreign Bible Society to foster religious observance among the people of Principality of Serbia.
Mackenzie became [citation needed] very wealthy and influential and correctly predicted that Belgrade's city limits would spread eastwards.
He parceled it out into lots for selling and sold them much later when out of the money he earned, he built a large Peace Hall (Sala Mira) which was renowned for political events.
[1]Mackenzie contributed around eight thousand square meters of his land for the construction of the Temple of Saint Sava [citation needed] .
His and the names of his heirs were inscribed in the list of Great Benefactors, right after the members of the royal family and senior church dignitaries.