Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape (25 December 1887 – 21 June 1939) was a barrister, a businessman and an earl in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...

. He became

Earl of Inchcape Earl of Inchcape is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the Scottish shipping magnate and public servant James Mackay, 1st Viscount Inchcape. He had been created Baron Inchcape, of Strathnaver in the County ...

on 23 May 1932 after the death of his father,

James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape James Lyle Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape, (11 September 1852 – 23 May 1932), known as Sir James Mackay from 1894 to 1911, was a British businessman and colonial administrator in India who became Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navig ...

. During

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he served with the

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and

Machine Gun Corps The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tank ...

as a

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Education

Inchcape attended

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, and

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. He was admitted to the

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Bar as a

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in 1910.

Appointments

*President of

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*Deputy Chairman and later Chairman of Marine Insurance Co. GEC *Director of P&O *Director of William Cory and Son *Partner in Mackinnon, Mackenzie and Co. (Calcutta) *Partner in MacDonald, Hamilton and Co. (Sydney) *Partner in Gray Dawes and Co.

Family

Inchcape was the son of James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape, and Jean Paterson Shanks. Between 22 September 1915 and their divorce in 1931, Lord Inchcape was married to Frances Caroline Joan Moriarty, daughter of

John Francis Moriarty John Francis Moriarty PC, QC (1855 – 2 May 1915) was an Irish lawyer and judge. Background and education Moriarty was born in Mallow, County Cork, the second son of John Moriarty, a successful solicitor of the town, and his wife Ellen O'Conne ...

, Lord Justice of the

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and his first wife Katherine Kavanagh. They had four children - *Patricia Margery Kathleen Mackay (18 August 1916 - August 1973), socialite and part of the

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Kenneth James William Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape Kenneth James William Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape (27 December 1917 – 17 March 1994), was a businessman and an earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He became Earl of Inchcape on 21 June 1939 after the death of his father, Kenneth Mackay, ...

(27 December 1917 - 17 March 1994) *Alan John Francis Mackay (6 September 1919 - 1 February 1999) *James Lyle Mackay (19 October 1923 - 20 August 1941) On 1 June 1933 he marrie
Leonora Margaret Brooke
daughter of

Charles Vyner Brooke Vyner, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG, full name Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the third and last White Rajah of the Raj of Sarawak. Early life The son of Charles Brooke and his wife Margaret de Windt ( Ranee Ma ...

, His Highness The

Rajah of Sarawak The White Rajahs were a dynastic monarchy of the British Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak, located on the north west coast of the island of Borneo, from 1841 to 1946. The first ruler was Briton James Brooke. As a reward f ...

and

Sylvia Brett Sylvia Leonora, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born ''The Hon. Sylvia Leonora Brett'', 25 February 1885 – 11 November 1971), was an English aristocrat who became the consort to Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last of ...

, Ranee of

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. They had two children - *

Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw Simon Brooke Mackay, Baron Tanlaw (born 30 March 1934) is a former member of the House of Lords. Family and business interests Tanlaw is the fourth son of Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape. His mother, the 2nd Earl's second wife, was Leono ...

(born 30 March 1934) * Rosemary Mackay (born 5 November 1936)

References

2nd Earl of Inchcape at thepeerage.com
*''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (107th edition, 2003) volume 2, page 2030
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1887 births People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom 1939 deaths English barristers {{UK-earl-stub