“ After his retirement from the Bench he presided over the Trawling (Scotland) Committee, 1923; the Hospital Services (Scotland) Committee, 1925 which resulted in an important change being effected in Scottish criminal law; and in 1927 he was appointed a member of the Departmental Committee to inquire into Scottish education indemnities.
He was for many years a member of the University Court of St Andrews of which University he was an honorary graduand. For a long period he was a member of the Board of Management of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables. ”

“ Charles Kincaid Mackenzie, who was for many years manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at Repton School, and at University College, Oxford where in 1880 he graduated as B.A. with honours. He studied law at Edinburgh University and was called to the Scottish Bar in 1881. He soon acquired a larger practice of the best class. ”