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Aeneas Mackay, 15th Lord Reay

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Reay
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Life peerage
15 June 2026
Elected Hereditary Peer
28 January 2019 – 29 April 2026
By-election2019
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
BornAeneas Simon Mackay
(1965-03-20) 20 March 1965 (age 61)
London, England[1]
PartyConservative
EducationWestminster School
Alma materBrown University

Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, Baron Reay of Reay (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]

In May 2026, it was announced that Reay was to be given one of 26 new life peerages, returning him to the House of Lords after the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.[4]

Reay is also a Dutch nobleman as Baron Mackay van Ophemert and Zennewijnen, of Castle Ophemert [nl].[5][6]

Early life and education

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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]

Career

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Lord Reay was a founding partner of the corporate finance firm Montrose Partners.[7]

Lord Reay was admitted to the House of Lords in January 2019, after winning a hereditary peers' by-election.[8][9] He sat as a Conservative member of the House, and is a member of Lloyd's.[10]

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 led the ceremony, which included the participation of the Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland and the High Chief of Clan Donald.[11]

Family

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The then Master of Reay married to Mia Ruulio from Finland, elder daughter of Markus Ruulio, in 2010.[12] Lord and Lady Reay live in Chelsea SW3 and Whittington Hall, and have three children:[13]

See also

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Further reading

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Court Circular". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 March 1965. p. 12.
  2. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Political Peerages May 2026". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Lord Reay". The Herald. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Clan Chiefs". Clan Mackay Society. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hereditary peers' by-election, January 2019: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 23 January 2019.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Registered Interests, U.K. House of Lords". U.K. Parliament. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "The Master of Reay and Miss M.J. Ruulio - Engagements". Telegraph announcements. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Debrett's The Peerage 2019. p. 992.
  14. ↑ "Rose Adkins and George Hulse's wedding". Tatler. Condé Nast Britain. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Reay, Lord (S, 1628)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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