Æneas Mackay (1806 - 1876)

Born 13 Jan 1806 in Ophemert, Gelderland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Catharina Anna Jacoba Fagel — married 27 Oct 1837 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Died 6 Jan 1876 at age 69 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

He is noticed in The Scots Peerage.^[1]

Aeneas was born 13 January 1806 and baptized 26 January 1806 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland. He is the son of Barthold John Christian Mackay and his wife Baroness Anna Magdalena Frederica Henriette van Renesse. ^[2]

He inherited the Barony of Ophemert (Peerage of Netherlands) form his father in 1854. He was a Minister of State, Vice-President of the Council of State. Balfour Paul mentions that he was awarded a G. C. (Grand Cross) of the Order of the Netherlands Lion but he does not appear on the list of recipients although his cousin does.

He died at the Hague 6 March 1876^[3]

He married, 27 October 1837, Mary Catherine Anna Jacoba Fagel, daughter of Baron James Fagel, and by her, who died 22 May 1886, had issue:

• Donald James Mackay. Who will become 11th Lord Reay. He was Baron Mackay of Ophemert in the Netherlands, born 22 December 1839, and naturalised by Act of Parliament 17 May 1877, was created Baron Reay of Durness, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 8 October 1881, and was a Baronet of Nova Scotia,

• John Jacob Mackay. Born 30 October 1842, and died, unmarried, 2 June 1859.

• Ann Agnes Mackay. Born 1838, and died 2 March 1839.

Sources

^[2]

1. ↑ #S-1 Balfour Paul; Vol 7, page 171 and 178
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Baptism
   • Citing index record at WieWasWie, accessed 20 November 2016.
   • Index record:

   DTB Dopen with Aeneas Mackay
   Child	Aeneas Mackay
   Father	Barthold Johan Christiaan Mackay
   Mother	Anne Magdalena Frederica Henriette van Renesse van Wilp
   Event	Baptism
   Date	Sunday, January 26, 1806
   Source type	Babtismal register
   Organisation	Regionaal Archief Nijmegen
   Place	Nijmegen
   Collection region	Gelderland
   Record date	26 January 1806
   Record place	Nijmegen
   Collection	Doopregister Waals-Gereformeerde gemeente Nijmegen 1644-1812 (RBS 1202/165)

   • Image of baptism registration: "Netherlands, Gelderland Province, Church Records, 1405-1966," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-32996-1809-7?cc=2038506 : 22 August 2014), Waals > Nijmegen > Index, Dopen 1780-1811 Dopen 1644-1812 Trouwen 1644-1833 > image 95 of 170; Gelders Archives, Arnhem.
3. ↑ Death 1876

• Source S-1Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor. The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. VII. Edinburgh: D Douglas, 1904. archive.org