Sir George Sutherland Mackenzie KCMG (5 May 1844 – 1 November 1910) was a British businessman and explorer.
He was born in Bolarum, British India the son of Sir William Mackenzie, inspector-general of the Madras medical service and his wife Margaret.
[1] In 1888, the Imperial British East Africa Company, of which he was a member was granted a Royal Charter and the following year he sailed to Zanzibar to assume the role of its administrator, effectively its managing director.
By way of developing East Africa he introduced Persian agriculturists, improved Mombasa town and harbour, sent caravans into the interior as far as Uganda, and worked on the organisation of the territory.
[2] He also assisted the Italians in negotiating treaties with the Somali tribe, and received the grand cross of the crown of Italy in consideration of his service[2] He ceased to be administrator in May 1890 and returned to England.