The Peerage Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permits female hereditary peers and all Scottish hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and allows newly inherited hereditary peerages to be disclaimed.
Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia and is the premier earldom in the Peerage of Scotland. The earl or countess of Sutherland is also the chief of Clan Sutherland.
Lord Reay,of Reay in the County of Caithness,is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Reay is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay,whose lands in Strathnaver and northwest Sutherland were known as the Reay Country. The land was sold to the Earls of Sutherland in the 18th century. Lord Reay also refers to a legendary magician in Caithness folklore.
Lord Rollo,of Duncrub in the County of Perth,is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 10 January 1651 for Sir Andrew Rollo,with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. His great-great-grandson,the fifth Lord,was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in North America during the Seven Years' War. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother,the sixth Lord. His grandson,the eighth Lord,sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1841 to 1846. His son,the ninth Lord,was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1847 to 1852. His son,the tenth Lord,sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1860 to 1868. On 29 June 1869 he was created Baron Dunning,of Dunning and Pitcairns in the County of Perth,in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,with remainder to the heirs male of his body. This title gave the Lords an automatic seat in the House of Lords until 1999. As of 2017 the titles are held by the tenth Lord's great-great-grandson,the fourteenth Lord,who succeeded his father in 1997. He is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Rollo.
Earl Cathcart is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Flora Marjorie Fraser,21st Lady Saltoun,was a Scottish noblewoman and Crossbench peer. Until her retirement on 12 December 2014,she was the only holder of a lordship of Parliament with a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer.
Clan Mackay is an ancient and once-powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands,but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray.
Clan Agnew is a Scottish clan from Galloway in the Scottish Lowlands.
Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay,24th Earl of Erroll,is a crossbench member of the House of Lords,chief of the Scottish clan Hay,and hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.
Robert Alexander Lindsay,29th Earl of Crawford,12th Earl of Balcarres,Baron Balniel,,known by courtesy as Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975,was a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a member of Parliament from 1955 to 1974. Lord Crawford and Balcarres was chief of Clan Lindsay and also acted,from 1975 to 2019,as Premier Earl of Scotland.
Clan Sutherland also known as House of Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is the shire of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland. The chief of the clan was also the powerful Earl of Sutherland;however,in the early 16th century,this title passed through marriage to a younger son of the chief of Clan Gordon. The current chief is Alistair Sutherland,who holds the title Earl of Sutherland.
Strathnaver or Strath Naver is the fertile strath of the River Naver,a famous salmon river that flows from Loch Naver to the north coast of Scotland. The term has a broader use as the name of an ancient province also known as the Mackay Country,once controlled by the Clan Mackay and extending over most of northwest Sutherland.
Clan Sinclair is a Highland Scottish clan which holds the lands of Caithness,the Orkney Islands,and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness.
Malcolm Ian Sinclair,20th Earl of Caithness,,is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale,15th Baronet,of Canisbay,Co. Caithness,and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the Clan Sinclair Trust.
Hugh William Mackay,14th Lord Reay,Baron Mackay,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.
Donald James Mackay,1st Baron Reay,11th Lord Reay,,in the Netherlands known as Donald Jacob,Baron Mackay,Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen,was a Dutch-born British administrator and Liberal politician.
Donald Mackay,1st Lord Reay,14th of Strathnaver was a Scottish soldier and member of Parliament. He played a prominent role in the Thirty Years' War,raising a regiment of 3,000 men,which served in both the Danish and Swedish forces. He was later an unwilling Covenanter. He was the fourteenth chief of Clan Mackay,a Highland Scottish clan.
Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland,24th Countess of Sutherland was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the holder of an earldom in the Peerage of Scotland,and was chief of Clan Sutherland.
Geoffrey Robert James Borwick,5th Baron Borwick,is a British businessman,hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
General Alexander Mackay was a Scottish soldier in the British Army,and a politician. The son of George Mackay,3rd Lord Reay,he was the younger brother of George Mackay of Skibo (c.1715–1782).
