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The Right HonourableThe Lord Reay
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as an elected hereditary peer 28 January 2019
By-election	28 January 2019
Preceded by	The 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Personal details
Born	Aeneas Simon Mackay (1965-03-20) 20 March 1965 (age 59) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Brown University

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. He is also a Dutch nobleman who is Baron Mackay van Ophemert and Zennewijnen, of Castle Ophemert [nl].

Early life and education

Reay was born in London, the eldest son of Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay and Hon. Annabel Thérèse Fraser, daughter of Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat. He has a younger brother and a younger sister. His parents divorced in 1978; his father remarried to Hon. Victoria Isabella Warrender, daughter of Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield and his mother remarried to Sir Henry Keswick. He has two half sisters from his father's second marriage.

He was educated at Westminster School and Brown University in Rhode Island.

Career

Lord Reay was a founding partner of the corporate finance firm Montrose Partners.

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

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.

Family

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

• Alexander Mackay (b. 2010), styled Master of Reay;
• The Hon Iona Mackay (b. 2011);
• The Hon Harry Mackay (b. 2014).

See also

• Clan Mackay
• Lords of Parliament

Further reading

• Burke's Peerage & Baronetage

References

1. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 March 1965. p. 12.
2. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3301. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
3. "Lord Reay inaugurated as 29th Chief of Clan Mackay at ceremony in Sutherland | The Scottish Banner". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
4. "Lord Reay". The Herald. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
5. "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.
6. "Clan Chiefs". Clan Mackay Society. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
7. "Hereditary peers' by-election, January 2019: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 23 January 2019.
8. 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.
9. "Registered Interests, U.K. House of Lords". U.K. Parliament. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
10. 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.
11. "The Master of Reay and Miss M.J. Ruulio - Engagements". Telegraph announcements. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
12. Debrett's The Peerage 2019. p. 992.
13. "Rose Adkins and George Hulse's wedding". Tatler. Condé Nast Britain. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
14. "Reay, Lord (S, 1628)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

External links

• Profile at UK Parliament Website

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