Background
He became Earl of Inchcape on 21 June 1939 after the death of his father, Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape.
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Kenneth Mackay
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Inchcape attended Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
During World World War II he gained the rank of Lieutenant with the 12th Royal Lancers and Major with the 27th Lancers. Director (1957-1983), Chairman (1973-1983), and Chief Executive (1978-1981) of P&O
Chairman and Chief Executive of Inchcape plc (1958-1982)
Chairman of the Committee for Middle East Trade (1963-1965)
President of the Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon (1970-1976)
President of the General Council of British Shipping (1976-1977)
Director of Burmah Oil
Director of Standard Chartered Bank
Director of British Petroleum
Director of Guardian Royal Exchange
His half-brother on his father"s side was the life peer Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw. Between 12 February 1941 and their divorce in 1954, Lord Inchcape was married to Aline Thorn Pease, widow of an R.A.F. officer, and daughter of Sir Richard Pease, 2nd Baronet and Jeanette Thorn Kissel.
They had two children –
Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape, born 23 January 1943
James Jonathan Thorn Mackay, born 28 May 1947
In 1969, Countess Inchcape became Lloyd"s of London"s first female Name.
