RARE “7th Lord Reay\" Eric Mackay Hand Written 2 Pg Latter Dated 1892 for Sale

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RARE “7th Lord Reay\" Eric Mackay Hand Written 2 Pg Latter Dated 1892 For Sale

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RARE “7th Lord Reay\" Eric Mackay Hand Written 2 Pg Latter Dated 1892:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE!\"7th Lord Reay\" Eric Mackay Hand Written Letter Dated 1892.

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Lord Reay, ofReayin the County of Caithness, is a title in thePeerage of Scotland. Lord Reay (pronounced \"ray\") is the hereditaryClan ChiefofClan Mackay,[1]whose lands inStrathnaverand northwestSutherlandwere known as theReay Country. The land was sold to theEarls of Sutherlandin the 18th century. Lord Reay also refers to a legendary magician in Caithness folklore. The title was created in 1628 for the soldierSir Donald Mackay, 1st Baronet. He had already the year before been created a baronet, of Far, in theBaronetage of Nova Scotia. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, who fought as a Royalist in theCivil War. On the death of his great-grandson, the ninth Lord, the line of the eldest son of the second Lord failed. The late Lord was succeeded by his kinsman, the tenth Lord. He was the son of Barthold John Christian Mackay (who had been createdBaron Mackay of Ophemert and Zennewijnenin theNetherlandsin 1822), great-grandson of Hon. Aeneas Mackay, a Brigadier-General in the Dutch army and the second son of the second Lord. Lord Reay was a Dutch citizen and served as a government minister in the Netherlands. His son, the eleventh Lord, became aBritish citizenin 1877 and four years later he was createdBaron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Reay was laterGovernor of Bombay,Under-Secretary of State for Indiain theLiberal administrationofLord RoseberyandLord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire. On his death the UK Barony became extinct while he was succeeded in the other titles by his cousin, the twelfth Lord. He was the son of Baron Aeneas Mackay (1838–1909) (a Dutch politician who had been createdBaron Mackayin the Netherlands in 1858), son of Johan Francois Hendrik Jakob Ernestus Mackay, brother of the tenth Lord Reay. He was also a Dutch citizen. However, his son, the thirteenth Lord, became aBritish citizenin 1938 and later sat in theHouse of Lordsas aScottish Representative Peer. His only son, the fourteenth Lord, was aMember of the European Parliamentand also served in junior positions in theConservativeadministrations ofMargaret ThatcherandJohn Major. He was one of the ninety-two electedhereditary peersallowed to remain after the passing of theHouse of Lords Actof 1999. As of 2019the titles are held by his son, the fifteenth Lord, who in that year was also elected to serve in the House. The family seat now is Ophemert Castle, nearTiel,Gelderland, inNetherlands.