Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
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Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay and 1st Baron Reay (in the Netherlands: Donald Jacob, Baron Mackay, Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen) KT, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP (22 December 1839-1 August 1921) was a Scottish peer and politician.
He was born in The Hague in 1839, the son of Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay (a Dutch government minister) and Maria Catherine Anne Jacoba, daughter of Baron Fagel.
He succeeded his father in 1876 and was naturalised as a British citizen in 1877. He married Fanny Georgiana Jane Hasler the same year. He was created Baron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881
He served as Rector of St Andrews University from 1884-1886, Governor of Bombay from 1885-1890, Under-Secretary of State for India in 1894-1895, Chairman of the London School Board from 1897-1904, President of the Royal Asiatic Society and University College, London, and as first President of the British Academy from 1901-1907. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire from 1892-1918. He served as President of the first day of the 1882 Co-operative Congress.[1]
He was a British delegate at the Second Peace Conference which led to the signing of the Hague Convention 1907. Other British delegates included Ernest Satow and Eyre Crowe.
He was succeeded to the Scottish titles by his cousin Baron Eric Mackay. The 1881 creation of Baron Reay became extinct.
He was appointed a GCIE in 1887, a GCSI in 1890, a Privy Counsellor in 1905, and a Knight of the Thistle in 1911.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George William Erskine Russell |
Under-Secretary of State for India 1894–1895 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Onslow |
| Preceded by Sir James Fergusson |
Governor of Bombay 1885–1890 |
Succeeded by Baron Harris |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by 6th Marquess of Londonderry |
Chairman of the London School Board 1897–1904 |
Succeeded by LSB Abolished |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Roxburghe |
Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire 1892–1918 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Roxburghe |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Theodore Martin |
Rector of the University of St Andrews 1884 - 1886 |
Succeeded by Arthur Balfour |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Aeneas Mackay |
Lord Reay 1876-1921 |
Succeeded by Eric Mackay |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Reay 1881–1921 |
Succeeded by Title Extinct |
| Dutch nobility | ||
| Preceded by Aeneas Mackay |
Baron Mackay 1839–1921 |
Succeeded by Eric Mackay |
[edit] External links
Photograph in National Portrait Gallery
[edit] References
- ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002, February 2002, <http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf>. Retrieved on 10 May 2008
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