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Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (pronounced "Ray"; born 20 March 1965) is a British corporate financier who is also hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay. He is a Scottish lord and baronet. [2] [3] He is also a Dutch nobleman who is Baron Mackay van Ophemert and Zennewijnen, of Castle Ophemert . [4] [5]
Clan Mackay (/ m ə ˈ k aɪ / mə-KY; Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mhic Aoidh [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçˈkʲɤj]) is an ancient and once-powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far north of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray.
Also Baron Mackay van Ophemert and Zennewijnen, of the Netherlands. Also Baronet of Strathnaver [2] Aeneas Alexander Mackay, 13th Lord Reay d. 1967 Eric Mackay, 12th Lord Reay d. 1921 Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay: d. 1921 Rector of St Andrews University from 1884-1886, Governor of Bombay from 1885-1890 Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay d. 1876
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He was the son of Baron Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909) (a Dutch politician who had been created Baron Mackay in the Netherlands in 1858 and who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1888 until 1891), son of Johan Francois Hendrik Jakob Ernestus Mackay, brother of the tenth Lord Reay. He was also a Dutch citizen.
Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (19 July 1937 – 10 May 2013), was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.He was the only male Lord of Parliament to sit in the House of Lords following the abolition of the automatic right of all British hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords in 1999, the only female being The Lady Saltoun.
Two years later, after the right won a parliamentary majority in the 1888 general election, Mackay was appointed as formateur, tasked with composing a cabinet. On 20 April, Mackay became Chairman of the Council of Ministers. In his own cabinet, he served as Minister of the Interior. The school struggle was the most important issue for the ...
Under the pseudonym of Aeneas MacBride, Mackay wrote plays for the BBC. [7] His Dalhousie's Luck, a drama set at the time of the siege of Aberdeen by the Marquess of Montrose in 1644, produced by Pharic Maclaren and with Brian Cox in the title role, was broadcast as part of the Play for Today series on 3rd August 1980. [8]