Baron Maclay

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Baron Maclay, of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1922 for the Scottish businessman Sir James Maclay, 1st Baronet. He was Chairman of Maclay Macintyre, shipowners, of Glasgow, and also served as Minister of Shipping in the war-time coalition of David Lloyd George. Maclay already been created a Baronet, of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, in 1914. His eldest surviving son, the second Baron, represented Paisley in the House of Commons as a Liberal. As of 2010 the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1969.