| The Right Honourable The Lord Reay KT, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP |
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| In office 1885 – 1890 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir James Fergusson, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Harris |
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| In office 11 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | George William Erskine Russell |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Onslow |
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| Born | 22 December 1839 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 1 August 1921 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Fanny Hasler |
Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay KT, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP (22 December 1839 - 1 August 1921) (in the Netherlands: Donald Jacob, Baron Mackay, Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen) was a Dutch-born British administrator and Liberal politician.
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Background
Mackay was born in The Hague, Netherlands,[citation needed] the son of Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay,[1] a Dutch government minister, and Maria Catherine Anne Jacoba, daughter of Baron Fagel.[citation needed]
Political career
Lord Reay succeeded his father in 1876 and was naturalised as a British citizen in 1877.[citation needed] He was created Baron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881.[2] In 1885 he was appointed Governor of Bombay,[3] a post he held until 1890.[1] He was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1887 and a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1890.[citation needed] After his return to Britain he served as Under-Secretary of State for India between 1894 and 1895 in Lord Rosebery Liberal administration.[1] He was also 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.[citation needed]
Other public appointments
Apart from his political and administrative career Lord Reay was Rector of St Andrews University from 1884 to 1886,[4] Chairman of the London School Board from 1897 to 1904, President of the Royal Asiatic Society and University College, London, and first President of the British Academy from 1901 to 1907.[5] He was also Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire from 1892 to 1918 and served as President of the first day of the 1882 Co-operative Congress.[6] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1906[7] and made a a Knight of the Thistle in 1911.[8]
Family
Lord Reay married Fanny Georgiana Jane, daughter of Richard Hasler, of Aldingbourne, Sussex, in 1877. They had no children. He died in August 1921, aged 81. On his death the barony of 1881 became extinct while he was succeeded in the Scottish title by his cousin Baron Eric Mackay.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c d thepeerage.com Sir Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25021, p. 4891, 30 September 1881.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25448, p. 920, 3 March 1885.
- ^ Lord Rectors of St Andrews 1858-to date
- ^ britac.ac.uk Donald James Mackay, KT, FBA, 11th Baron Reay (1839-1921)
- ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002, February 2002, http://archive.co-op.ac.uk/downloadFiles/congressPresidentstable.pdf, retrieved 2008-05-10
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27886, p. 1133, 16 February 1906.
- ^ leighrayment.com Knights of the Thistle
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by George William Erskine Russell |
Under-Secretary of State for India 1894–1895 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Onslow |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir James Fergusson |
Governor of Bombay 1885–1890 |
Succeeded by The Lord Harris |
| Preceded by The Marquess of Londonderry |
Chairman of the London School Board 1897–1904 |
Succeeded by Board 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 | ||
| New creation | Baron Reay 1881 – 1921 |
Extinct |
| Dutch nobility | ||
| Preceded by Aeneas Mackay |
Baron Mackay 1839–1921 |
Succeeded by Eric Mackay |
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