Forbes-Mackenzie, WILLIAM

Forbes-Mackenzie, WILLIAM (1801–62), M.P. for Peeblesshire, whose name is known in connection with an Act introduced by him and passed in 1853 'for the better regulation of public-houses in Scotland,' prohibiting provision-merchants from selling excisable liquors 'to be drunk on the premises,' permitting public-houses to be open on week-days only between 8 A.M. and 11 P.M., and forbidding the sale of liquor in hotels throughout the Sundays save to lodgers and bonâ-fide travellers. See LICENSING LAWS.