Charles Mackenzie

Charles Frederick Mackenzie (10 April 1825 – 31 January 1862) was a Church of England Bishop of Central Africa. He is commemorated in some Anglican Church calendars.

Life He was born on 10 April 1825 at Portmore, Peeblesshire, Scotland, the ninth son of Colin Mackenzie and Elizabeth Forbes. Anne Mackenzie, editor of all 31 years of The Net Cast in Many Waters: Sketches from the Life of Missionaries, London, 1866–1896, was his unmarried sister. He was educated at Bishop Wearmouth school and Edinburgh Academy and entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1844. He migrated to Caius College, where he graduated B. A. as Second Wrangler in 1848, and became a Fellow of Caius.