Robert Bownas Mackie
Robert Bownas Mackie was an English corn merchant and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.Background
Mackie was the son of Robert J Mackie of St John's Wakefield. He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield and became a partner in the firm of Robert Mackie and Sons, corn merchants. He was a J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire. His brother was John Mackie, J.P., benefactor of the Crigglestone area, whose wife dedicated the Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove in his honour. R.B. Mackie married Fanny Shaw daughter of William Shaw of Stanley Hall, Wakefield in 1852.In 1874 Mackie stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Wakefield. At the 1880 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Wakefield. He held the seat until his death at the age of 64 in 1885.
