sentences:  The North West Company directors, Alexander Mackenzie and Edward Ellice, held large blocks of Hudson's Bay Company stock and were able to cause much of the "delaying action" that was so nearly fatal to Lord Selkirk's plans.John Wedderburn Halkett was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, an HBC director.His second wife, was Lady Katherine Douglas, sister of Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk.