Background
He was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1789 and educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.
He was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1789 and educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.
Street John"s College.
However, a petition was lodged against the younger Mackinnon"s election, and in May 1853 it was declared void. The elder Mackinnon successfully contested the resulting by-election on 23 May 1853. Again, treating was alleged.
He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Some of his parliamentary work concerned animal welfare and in 1858 he chaired the AGM of the RSPCA, having been appointed vice chair in 1837. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827, submitting a paper on the absorption of atmospheric moisture by the state of chalk and limestone.
He was also invested as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was chairman of the Furness Iron and Steel Company at its inauguration in 1866.
He was a director of the Elan Valley Railway He wrote three books, "Thoughts on the currency question", Public Opinion" and "The history of civilisation" He succeeded in 1809 as the 33rd Chief of the Clan Mackinnon.
Royal Society; 6th United Kingdom Parliament. 10th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament.
13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament.
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th United Kingdom Parliament]
A Whig, he was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dunwich from 1819 to 1820, for Lymington from 1831 to 1832 and from 1835 to 1852, and for Rye from 1853 to 1865.