Baron Amulree
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Baron Amulree, of Strathbraan in the County of Perth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created on 22 July 1929 for the lawyer and Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 politician Sir William Mackenzie
William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree GCB, KBE, PC, KC , known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and Labour, later National Labour, politician...

. He was Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for Air
The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position. The person holding this position was in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 10 January 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force...

 between 1930 and 1931. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a physician. Lord Amulree was unmarried and the title became extinct on his death on 15 December 1983.

Barons Amulree (1929)

  • William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
    William Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree
    William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree GCB, KBE, PC, KC , known as Sir William Mackenzie between 1918 and 1929, was a British barrister, public servant and Labour, later National Labour, politician...

     (1860–1942)
  • Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree (1900–1983)
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