Murdo MacKenzie (minister)

Murdo MacKenzie (13 August 1835 – 26 May 1912) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1907/08.

He was born on 13 August 1835 at Lochcarron in Ross and Cromarty the son of Duncan Mackenzie, a farmer, and his wife, Annabella McLean.

[citation needed] He was licensed to preach by the Free Presbytery of Lochcarron in October 1863.

He then had a five-year illness, during which time he resided with Alexander McColl of Duirinish on Skye.

In 1907 he succeeded Very Rev Colin Bannatyne as Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position within the Free Church of Scotland.