James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern KT, PC, QC (born 2 July 1927) is a Scottish advocate and former Lord Chancellor (1987-1997). Born in Edinburgh, the son of a railway signalman, Mackay was educated at George Heriot's School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge where he undertook degrees in mathematics and then did postgraduate study in that subject. For a time during the 1950s he taught mathematics at St Andrews University before returning to Edinburgh to read law. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1955 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1965. He was subsequently Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, the leader of the Scots bar.