Background
He became Earl of Inchcape on 23 May 1932 after the death of his father, James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape.
He became Earl of Inchcape on 23 May 1932 after the death of his father, James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape.
Inchcape attended Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the Inner Temple Bar as a barrister-at-law in 1910.
During World War I he served with the 12th Royal Lancers and Machine Gun Corps as a Lieutenant. President of P&O Bank Deputy Chairman and later Chairman of Marine Insurance Company General Electric Company Director of P&O Partner in MacDonald, Hamilton and Company
(Sydney) Partner in Grey, Dawes and Company
Inchcape was the son of James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape, and Jean Paterson Shanks. Between 22 September 1915 and their divorce in 1931, Lord Inchcape was married to Frances Caroline Joan Moriarty, daughter of John Francis Moriarty, Lord Justice of the Irish Court of Appeal.
They had four children - Patricia Margery Kathleen Mackay (18 August 1916 - August 1973) Kenneth James William Mackay, 3rd Earl of Inchcape (27 December 1917 - 17 March 1994) Alan John Francis Mackay (6 September 1919 - 1 February 1999) James Lyle Mackay (19 October 1923 - 20 August 1941) They had two children - Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw (born 30 March 1934) Rosemary Mackay (born 5 November 1936).