James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, FRSE (born 2 July 1927)[1] is a British lawyer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He is a former active member of the House of Lords, where he sat as a Conservative. He retired from the House on 22 July 2022.[2]
The Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
2 July 1927
Edinburgh, Scotland
Elizabeth Hymers (m. 1958)
Early life and education[edit]
Mackay was born in Edinburgh on 2 July 1927. He won a scholarship to George Heriot's School,[3] and then studied mathematics and physics at the University of Edinburgh, receiving a joint MA in 1948.[1] He taught mathematics for two years at the University of St Andrews before moving to Trinity College, Cambridge, on a scholarship, from which he obtained a BA in mathematics in 1952.[1] He then returned to Edinburgh University where he studied law, receiving an LLB (with distinction) in 1955.[1]
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The Lord Mackay of Clashfern
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