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 Lyle Mackay, 1st Viscount Inchcape. He was Chairman of the P and O Steam Navigation Company. Mackay had already been created Baron Inchcape, of Strathnaver in the County of Sutherland, in 1911, and Viscount Inchcape, of Strathnaver in the County of Sutherland, in 1924, and was made Viscount Glenapp, of Strathnaver in the County of Sutherland, at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Earl (the titles having descended from father to son).

Simon Brooke Mackay, Baron Tanlaw, is the only son from the second marriage of the second Earl of Inchcape.

The family seat is Carlock House, Glenapp, Ballantrae, Ayrshire.The former family seat was Glenapp Castle, which is currently a luxury hotel, and which was sold by the Inchcape family some years ago.The Earl of Inchcape, however, still owns the Glenapp Estate.

Earls of Inchcape (1929)

*James Lyle Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape (1852-1932)
*Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape (1887-1939) - married a daughter of Vyner of Sarawak
*Kenneth James William Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape (1917-1994)
*Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape (b. 1943)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's only son Fergus James Kenneth Mackay, Viscount Glenapp (b. 1979)

ee also

*Inchcape
*Inchcape plc

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]