Background
Irvine, Baron of Lairg Alexander Andrew Mackay was born on June 23, 1940. Son of Alexander and Margaret Christina Irvine.
Lord Chancellor of England and Wales
Irvine, Baron of Lairg Alexander Andrew Mackay was born on June 23, 1940. Son of Alexander and Margaret Christina Irvine.
Bachelor with honors, Bachelor of Laws with honors, Christ's College, Cambridge, England. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Glasgow (Scotland) University.
University lecturer London School of Economics, 1965-1969. Called to Inner Temple, 1967. With Queen's Counsel, 1978.
Head 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers, 1981-1987. With Bencher of the Inner Temple, 1985, Recorder, 1985-1988. Deputy high court judge, 1987-1997.
Honorary Bencher Inn of Court of Northern Ireland, 1998. Shadow spokesman on legal affairs/home affairs Labour Party, 1987-1992. Shadow lord chancellor, 1992-1997.
Privy councillor, 1997. Lord chancellor Government of United Kingdom, 1997—2003. Joint president House of Lords, British American Parliamentary Group, 1997-2003, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 1997-2003, Intr-Parliamentary Union, 1997-2003.
Vice-patron World Federation Mental Health, since 1998.
Member of Polish Bar Association, Garrick Club.
Married Alison Mary McNair, 1974. 2 children.