Aeneas Mackay, 15th Lord Reay

Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay, Baron Mackay (pronounced "Ray"; born 20 March 1965), a Scottish lord and Dutch nobleman, is a British corporate financier who is also hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay. In the Netherlands he is Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen, with castle Ophemert.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Reay
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
28 January 2019
By-election28 January 2019
Preceded byThe 7th Baron Skelmersdale
Personal details
Born
Aeneas Simon Mackay

(1965-03-20) 20 March 1965
Political partyConservative
EducationWestminster School
Alma materBrown University

Life

Educated at Westminster School and Brown University, Lord Reay was a founding partner of the corporate finance firm Montrose Partners.[1]

Lord Reay was admitted to the House of Lords in January 2019, after winning a hereditary peers' by-election.[2][3] He sits as a Conservative member of the House.

Family

The then Master of Reay married to Mia Ruulio from Finland, elder daughter of Markus Ruulio, in 2010.[4] Lord and Lady Reay live in Chelsea SW3 and Whittington Hall, and have three children:[5]

See also

Further reading

References
  1. "Clan Chiefs". Clan Mackay Society. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. "Hereditary peers' by-election, January 2019: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 23 January 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. "The Master of Reay and Miss M.J. Ruulio - Engagements". Telegraph announcements. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. Debrett's The Peerage 2019. p. 992.
  6. "Rose Adkins and George Hulse's wedding". Tatler. Condé Nast Britain. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. "Reay, Lord (S, 1628)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 9 January 2020.


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