Clayton Mackenzie Legge

Very little confirmed biographical information about Clayton Mackenzie Legge is easy to trace today, but he is identified in library and public-domain records as a Scottish writer active in the early 20th century. His best-known work is Highland Mary: The Romance of a Poet, published in 1906.

That novel reimagines the story of Mary Campbell—often known as "Highland Mary"—and her connection to the poet Robert Burns. The book was published in Boston by C. M. Clark Publishing Co. and later entered the public domain, which has helped keep Legge's name alive through digital library editions.

Because reliable personal details are scarce in the sources available here, it is safest to remember him mainly through that surviving novel: a work of historical romance shaped by Scottish literary culture and by continuing interest in Burns and his circle.