Baron Maclay, of
Glasgow in the County of Lanark, is a title 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 ...
. It was created in 1922 for the Scottish businessman
Sir Joseph Maclay, 1st Baronet. He was Chairman of Maclay & Macintyre, shipowners, of
Glasgow, and also served as
Minister of Shipping in the war-time coalition of
David Lloyd George, without being in Parliament. Maclay had already been created a Baronet, of Park Terrace in the City of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, in 1914.
His eldest surviving son, the second Baron, represented
Paisley in the
House of Commons as a
Liberal. the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1969.
Another member of the Maclay family was the politician
John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel. He was the fifth son of the first Baron Maclay.
In 1913, the first Lord Maclay purchased
Duchal House
Duchal House is an 18th-century mansion and estate near Kilmacolm, Scotland. It is located in Inverclyde, in the former county of Renfrewshire. Duchal was acquired by the Porterfield family in the 16th century. The present house was built in 1710 ...
in
Kilmacolm,
Inverclyde which remains the family home to this day. The former Lords Maclay are buried alongside the Viscount Muirshiel in the graveyard of Mount Zion Church in
Quarrier's Village.
Barons Maclay (1922)
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Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay (1857–1951)
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Joseph Paton Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay (1899–1969)
*Joseph Paton Maclay, 3rd Baron Maclay (born 1942)
The
heir apparent is the present holder's son Joseph Paton Maclay (born 1977).
See also
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Viscount Muirshiel
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
Notes
References
«Lord Maclay. Shipping magnate. To visit Australia» // «The Sydney Morning Herald», Tuesday 16 December 1924, p. 8 photo
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1922