The Right Honourable
The Lord Reay
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
28 January 2019
By-election28 January 2019
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Personal details
Born
Aeneas Simon Mackay

(1965-03-20) 20 March 1965 (age 58)
Political partyConservative
EducationWestminster School
Alma materBrown University

Aeneas Simon Mackay[1], 15th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (pronounced "Ray"; born 20 March 1965), a Scottish lord and Dutch nobleman, is a British corporate financier who is also hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay. [2] In the Netherlands he is Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen, with castle Ophemert.[3][4]

Life

Educated at Westminster School and Brown University, Lord Reay was a founding partner of the corporate finance firm Montrose Partners.[5]

Lord Reay was admitted to the House of Lords in January 2019, after winning a hereditary peers' by-election.[6][7] He sits as a Conservative member of the House, and is a member of Lloyd's.[8]

In 2023 the Clan Mackay inaugurated Aeneas Mackay as their chief at a ceremony at the Farr Stone, in north Sutherland, and in the presence of representatives from Clan-Mackay societies from Canada, the U.S.A, Germany and Scotland. The ceremony involved a religious blessing; readings of poetry and ancient documents; a recitation of the chief’s lineage; and the presentation to the chief of a dirk, staff and seal. The chief's seanchaidh lead the ceremony, which included the participation of the Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland and the High Chief of Clan Donald.[9]

Family

The then Master of Reay married to Mia Ruulio from Finland, elder daughter of Markus Ruulio, in 2010.[10] Lord and Lady Reay live in Chelsea SW3 and Whittington Hall, and have three children:[11]

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Lord Reay inaugurated as 29th Chief of Clan Mackay at ceremony in Sutherland | The Scottish Banner". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Lord Reay". The Herald. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Reay, 15th Lord, (Aeneas Simon Mackay) (born 20 March 1965)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U32043. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Clan Chiefs". Clan Mackay Society. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Hereditary peers' by-election, January 2019: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 23 January 2019.
  7. ^ Bloom, Dan (23 January 2019). "Man wins seat for life in Parliament thanks to his ancestor becoming a Lord in 1628". Mirror. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Registered Interests, U.K. House of Lords". U.K. Parliament. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ^ McMorran, Caroline (19 August 2023). "'Rain and wind hold up, but fail to dampen, historic inauguration at Strathnaver Museum of chief of the Clan Mackay.'". Northern Times. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^ "The Master of Reay and Miss M.J. Ruulio - Engagements". Telegraph announcements. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  11. ^ Debrett's The Peerage 2019. p. 992.
  12. ^ "Rose Adkins and George Hulse's wedding". Tatler. Condé Nast Britain. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Reay, Lord (S, 1628)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byThe Lord Skelmersdale Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lordsunder the House of Lords Act 1999 2019–present Incumbent Peerage of Scotland Preceded byHugh Mackay Lord Reay 2013–present IncumbentHeir apparent:Alexander MackayMaster of Reay Dutch nobility Preceded byHugh Mackay Baron Mackayvan Ophemert and Zennewijnen 2013–present IncumbentHeir apparent:Alexander MackayMaster of Reay


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