The Lord Reay | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
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 20 March 1965 London,England [1] |
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. [2] [3] He is also a Dutch nobleman who is Baron Mackay van Ophemert and Zennewijnen,of Castle Ophemert . [4] [5]
Reay was born in London, [1] 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. [2]
He was educated at Westminster School and Brown University in Rhode Island. [2]
Lord Reay was a founding partner of the corporate finance firm Montrose Partners. [6]
Lord Reay was admitted to the House of Lords in January 2019,after winning a hereditary peers' by-election. [7] [8] He sits as a Conservative member of the House,and is a member of Lloyd's. [9]
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. [10]
The then Master of Reay married to Mia Ruulio from Finland,elder daughter of Markus Ruulio,in 2010. [11] Lord and Lady Reay live in Chelsea SW3 and Whittington Hall,and have three children: [12]