Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
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The Right Honourable The Lord Reay KT GCSI GCIE PC JP DL |
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| Governor of Bombay | |
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In office 1885–1890 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir James Fergusson, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Harris |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | |
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In office 11 March 1894 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | George W. E. Russell |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Onslow |
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22 December 1839 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 1 August 1921 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Fanny Hasler |
Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay KT GCSI GCIE PC JP DL (22 December 1839 – 1 August 1921) (in the Netherlands: Donald Jacob, Baron Mackay, Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen) was a Dutch-born British administrator and Liberal politician.
Mackay was born Donald Jacob baron Mackay in The Hague, Netherlands, the son of Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay, a Dutch member of Parliament, and jonkvrouw Maria Catharina Anna Jacoba Fagel, daughter of mr. Jacob baron Fagel and jkvr. Maria Boreel, relative of the Boreel baronets.
Lord Reay succeeded his father in 1876 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1877. He was created Baron Reay, of Durness in the County of Sutherland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881. In 1885 he was appointed Governor of Bombay, a post he held until 1890. He was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire in 1887 and a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India in 1890. After his return to Britain he served as Under-Secretary of State for India between 1894 and 1895 in Lord Rosebery Liberal administration. He was also a British delegate at the Second Peace Conference which led to the signing of the Hague Convention 1907. Other British delegates included Ernest Satow and Eyre Crowe.
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