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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.
Hugh Mackay was born around 1640, third son of Hugh Mackay of Scourie, a junior branch of Clan Mackay, and his wife Anne.By this time, much of the family estates were mortgaged, [1] a situation compounded by his father's support for the defeated Royalists during the 1642 to 1654 Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay d. 1876 Eric Mackay, 9th Lord Reay d. 1875 Title afterwards passed to the Dutch branch of the Mackays Alexander Mackay, 8th Lord Reay d. 1863 Married Marrion Gall Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay d. 1847 Grandson of George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay. Succeeded by his brother Hugh Mackay, 6th Lord Reay d. 1797 Succeeded by his ...
Hugh Mackay may refer to: Hugh Mackay (general) (c. 1640–1692), Scottish general who served during the Revolution of 1688; Hugh Mackay of Bighouse, 18th century Scottish soldier; Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (1937–2013), member of the British House of Lords; Hugh Mackay (Quebec politician) (1832–1890), businessperson and politician in Quebec
In 1680, George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay succeeded his grandfather and for the next fourteen years was under the guardianship of his maternal grandfather Sir George Munro of Culrain. [62] In 1689, General Hugh Mackay garrisoned 100 Mackays in Brahan Castle, seat of Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth to keep check on the Mackenzies. [63]
Over the years many ex-soldiers settled in the Netherlands, including Hugh Mackay, whose son, nephews and grandsons all served with the Brigade. This branch ultimately became hereditary Chiefs of Clan Mackay and continue to hold the titles of Lord Reay in the Scottish peerage and Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen in the Netherlands. [25]
Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (1937–2013) Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay (b. 1965) The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Alexander Shimi Markus Mackay, Master of Reay (b. 2010)
Keswick was the daughter of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and Rosamond Delves (née Broughton). She was married firstly to Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, and then to businessman Sir Henry Keswick from 1985. [13] Keswick died of ovarian cancer on 13 September 2022, at the age of 79. [14] [15]