MACKAY, AENEAS [SSNE 5049]
- Surname
- MACKAY
- First name
- AENEAS
- Title/rank
- BRIGADIER-GENERAL
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- REAY, SUTHERLAND
Text source
Aeneas Mackay was 4th son of John 2nd Lord Reay and Barbera Mackay, daughter of Colonel Hugh Mackay of Scowrie. Aeneas Mackay joined the Scots Brigade in the Dutch Republic and rose to the rank of Brigadier general before his death in 1694. See Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage (8 vols., 1904-1911), VII, p.171.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1670-01-01
- Departed 1694-12-31, as BRIGADIER GENERAL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY