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Lord Reay, of Reay in the County of Caithness, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Reay (pronounced "ray") is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay , [ 1 ] whose lands in Strathnaver and northwest Sutherland were known as the Reay Country .
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]
also Baron Ettrick in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1872; known as the Lord Napier and Ettrick The Lord Fairfax of Cameron: 1627: Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron: Edward Fairfax The Lord Reay: 1628: Aeneas Mackay, 15th Lord Reay: Alexander Mackay, Master of Reay The Lord Elibank: 1643: Robert Erskine-Murray, 15th Lord Elibank
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.
George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (1678–1748), was a Scottish noble and chief of the Clan Mackay, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.During his life the Glorious Revolution took place which directly affected his family and estate, and during his chiefdom he served the British-Hanoverian Government during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Lord Reay succeeded his father in 1876 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1877. [2] He was created Baron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881. [3] In 1885 he was appointed Governor of Bombay, [4] a post he held until 1890.
In March 1627 Sir Donald Mackay was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, [4] and in 1628 was elevated in the peerage as Lord Reay. [4] In 1630, Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay accompanied his regiment to Germany, and was present at the capture of Stettin and Colberg. [5] The following year in 1631, Lord Reay was empowered by Charles I of England to ...
Baron Lucas in the Peerage of England. The Lord Napier: 4 May 1627 Baron Ettrick King Charles I; The Lord Fairfax of Cameron: 18 October 1627 The Lord Reay: 20 June 1628 The Lord Elibank: 18 March 1643 The Lord Belhaven and Stenton: 15 December 1647 The Lord Rollo: 10 January 1651 Baron Dunning King Charles II; The Lord Polwarth: 26 December 1690