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Encyclopedia > Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay

Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay and 1st Baron Reay (in the Netherlands: Donald Jacob, Baron Mackay, Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen) KT, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP (22 December 1839-1 August 1921) was a Scottish peer and politician. James VII ordained the modern Order. ... Insignia of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. ... The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots3 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  -  First Minister Jack McConnell...


He was born in The Hague in 1839, the son of Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay (a Dutch government minister) and Maria Catherine Anne Jacoba, daughter of Baron Fagel. Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ...


He succeeded father in 1876 and was naturalised as a British citizen in 1877. He married Fanny Georgiana Jane Hasler the same year. He was created Baron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881 British Nationality Law ...


He served as Rector of St Andrews University from 1884-1886, Governor of Bombay from 1885-1890, Under-Secretary of State for India in 1894-1895, Chairman of the London School Board from 1897-1904, President of the Royal Asiatic Society and University College, London, and as first President of the British Academy from 1901-1907. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire from 1892-1918. The position of Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews is elected every three years by the students at the University of St Andrews. ... British East India Company Governors (1668–1862) 1668–1669: Sir George Oxeden 1689–1677: Gerald Aungier 1677–1681: Gen. ... Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937, for India and Burma, 1937-1948 to be added Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937, for India and Burma, 1937-1948 1858: Sir George Russell Clerk 1860: Herman Merivale 1874: Sir Louis Mallet 1883: (Sir) Arthur Godley 1909... The monogram of the School Board for London, which originally adorned all schools built by the board. ... Article 90a of the bylaws of the Royal Asiatic Society. ... The Front Quad University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ... Incomplete: John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe 1794–1804 Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch 1804–1812 James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe 1884–1892 Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay 1892–1918 Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe 1918–1932 The office was replaced...


He was a British delegate at the Second Peace Conference which led to the signing of the Hague Convention 1907. The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and 1907, respectively, and were, along with the Geneva Conventions, among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in the nascent body of secular international...


He was succeeded to the Scottish titles by his cousin Baron Eric Mackay. The 1881 creation of Baron Reay became extinct.


He was appointed a GCIE in 1887, a GCSI in 1890, a Privy Counsellor in 1905, and a Knight of the Thistle in 1911. The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ... Insignia of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... James VII ordained the modern Order. ...

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 James Balfour of Whittingehame
Political offices
Preceded by
George William Erskine Russell
Under-Secretary of State for India
1894–1895
Succeeded by
The Earl of Onslow
Preceded by
Sir James Fergusson
Governor of Bombay
1885–1890
Succeeded by
Baron Harris
Government offices
Preceded by
6th Marquess of Londonderry
Chairman of the London School Board
1897–1904
Succeeded by
LSB Abolished
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Aeneas Mackay
Lord Reay
1876-1921
Succeeded by
Eric Mackay
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Reay
1881–1921
Succeeded by
Title Extinct

Photograph in National Portrait Gallery James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe (5 September 1839–23 October 1892), became Duke of Roxburghe on the death of his father, James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe, his mother was Susanna Stephenia Dalbiac. ... Incomplete: John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe 1794–1804 Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch 1804–1812 James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe 1884–1892 Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay 1892–1918 Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe 1918–1932 The office was replaced... Henry John Innes-Ker (24 July 1876 - 29 September 1932) was the 8th Duke of Roxburghe. ... Sir Theodore Martin (1816 - 1909) was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. ... The Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews is chosen every three years by the students of the University of St Andrews. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 - March 19, 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... Rt. ... Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937, for India and Burma, 1937-1948 to be added Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937, for India and Burma, 1937-1948 1858: Sir George Russell Clerk 1860: Herman Merivale 1874: Sir Louis Mallet 1883: (Sir) Arthur Godley 1909... William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow was the Governor of New Zealand from 1889 until 1892. ... The Rt. ... British East India Company Governors (1668–1862) 1668–1669: Sir George Oxeden 1689–1677: Gerald Aungier 1677–1681: Gen. ... George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris (born St Annes, Trinidad 3 February 1851, died 24 March 1932) was a British politician and cricket player. ... Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (16 July 1852 - 8 February 1915) was a British Conservative politician who in various capacities in the Conservative administrations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... The monogram of the School Board for London, which originally adorned all schools built by the board. ... The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... The Lordship of Reay was created in 1628. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Lordship of Reay was created in 1628. ...



 

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