Papers of Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay

The collection comprises the papers of Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay as Governor of Bombay, 1885-1890.

Donald James Mackay was born in the Hague on 22 December 1839. He was naturalised in 1877 and succeeded to the title of 11th Baron Reay in 1881. From 1884-1886 he was Rector of St. Andrew's University. From 1885-1890 he was Governor of Bombay. From 1892-1918 he was Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburghshire. He served as Under-Secretary for India from 1894-1895, and from 1897-1904 as Chairman of the London School Board. He was President of the Royal Asiatic Society and University College London, and the first President of the British Academy from 1901-1907. He died on 1 August 1921.

The papers have been arranged into the following sections: material on A'bkari administration (system of licences for the distillation and sale of spirits in Bombay); military and naval subjects; education; agriculture; sanitation and water works; various subjects; addresses of welcome, and drawings/maps.

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Donated to the library c 1926

Unpublished handlist

Associated Material held elsewhere: British Library, Manuscript Collections holds: Letters to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1886-1907 [ref. Add MSS 41232-42]; Letters to T.H.S. Escott, 1879-1884 [ref. Add MS 58785]; Letters to Herbert Gladstone, 1880-1906 [ref. Add MS 46017]; Letters to Mary Gladstone, 1880-1893 [Add MS 46242]; Letters to W.E. Gladstone, 1880-1893 [ref. Add MSS 44463-789]; Letters to Sir Edward Walter Hamilton, 1882-1907 [ref. Add MS 48617]; British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections holds: Correspondence with Lord Cross, 1886-1890 [ref. MSS Eur E 243]; Letters to Arthur Godley, 1884-1891 [ref. MSS Eur F 1092]; Letters to Lord Kimberley, 1884-1894 [ref. MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933- 4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97]; Letters to 1st Viscount Morley, 1909 [ref. MSS Eur D 573]; National Archives of Scotland: Speeches at the 2nd International Peace Conference, 1907 [ref. GD84/238]; National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division: Correspondence with Lord Rosebery, 1880-1920 [ref. MSS 10043-44]; Public Record Office: Correspondence with Sir Ernest Satow, 1895-1921 [ref. PRO30/33/11/11-18]; Cambridge University, Kings College Modern Archive Centre: Letters to Oscar Browning, 1883-1904 [ref. OB]; Cambridge University, Churchill Archives Centre: Correspondence with Lord Randolph Churchill, 1885-1886 [ref. RCHL]; Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives: Correspondence with Lord Hardinge, 1910-1913 [ref. Hardinge]. The Historical Documentaion Centre for Dutch Protestantism, Amsterdam, NL, holds a small number of letters by Makay to Abraham Kuyper regarding the South African War.