Baron Maclay, of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1922 for the Scottish businessman Sir James Maclay, 1st Baronet

James Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay

Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay PC , known as Sir Joseph Maclay, 1st Baronet, from 1914 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and public servant....

. He was Chairman of Maclay & Macintyre, shipowners, of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, and also served as Minister of Shipping

Minister of Shipping

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 in the war-time coalition of David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

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. Maclay already been created a Baronet, of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, in 1914. His eldest surviving son, the second Baron, represented Paisley

Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)

Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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. the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1969.

Another member of the Maclay family was the politician John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel

John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel

John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel KT, CH, CMG, PC, DL was a British politician, sitting as a National Liberal and Conservative Member of Parliament before the party was fully assimilated into the Unionist Party in Scotland in the early 1960s.Lord Muirshiel served as Secretary of State for...

. He was the fifth son of the first Baron Maclay.

In 1913, the first Lord Maclay purchased Duchal House

Duchal House

Duchal House is an 18th-century mansion and estate near Kilmacolm, Scotland. It is located in Inverclyde, in the former county of Renfrewshire. Duchal was acquired by the Porterfield family in the 16th century. The present house was built in 1710 and extended in 1768. It is now owned by Lord Maclay...

 in Kilmacolm

Kilmacolm

Kilmacolm is a village and civil parish in the Inverclyde council area and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern slope of the Gryffe Valley south-east of Greenock and around west of the city of Glasgow...

, Inverclyde

Inverclyde

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 which remains the family home to this day. The former Lords Maclay are buried alongside the Viscount Muirshiel in the graveyard of Mount Zion Church in Quarrier's Village

Quarrier's Village

Quarrier's Village is a small settlement in the civil parish of Kilmacolm in Inverclyde council area and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west Central Lowlands of Scotland...

.

Barons Maclay (1922)

• James Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay
  James Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay
  Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay PC , known as Sir Joseph Maclay, 1st Baronet, from 1914 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and public servant....
  
   (1857–1951)
• Joseph Paton Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay
  Joseph Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay
  Joseph Paton Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay KBE , was a Scottish, banker, shipowner, peer and Liberal politician.-Family and education:...
  
   (1899–1969)
• Joseph Paton Maclay, 3rd Baron Maclay (b. 1942)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son LeShawn Maclay-Lopez (b. 1959).