Alexander Morrice Mackay


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From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1875
Date of death 1955
Age between 79 and 81 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Vice-President 1929–1931

Alexander Morrice Mackay, the Hon. Lord Mackay, was a lawyer from Aberdeenshire who climbed with Geoffrey Winthrop Young in the Alps, Wales and the Lakes around 1900, and with W. W. Naismith completed the last unclimbed section of the Cuillin Ridge; Mackay's Chimney on Salisbury Crags bears his name. He won the Scottish Lawn Tennis Singles Championship in 1905, 1906 and 1907, joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1898 and accepted a Vice-Presidency in 1929. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 147 - Vol 26 - May 1956 /library/7053/smcj-number-147---vol-26---may-1956

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16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

Quick Info

From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1875
Date of death 1955
Age between 79 and 81 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Vice-President 1929–1931

Alexander Morrice Mackay, the Hon. Lord Mackay, was a lawyer from Aberdeenshire who climbed with Geoffrey Winthrop Young in the Alps, Wales and the Lakes around 1900, and with W. W. Naismith completed the last unclimbed section of the Cuillin Ridge; Mackay's Chimney on Salisbury Crags bears his name. He won the Scottish Lawn Tennis Singles Championship in 1905, 1906 and 1907, joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1898 and accepted a Vice-Presidency in 1929. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 147 - Vol 26 - May 1956 /library/7053/smcj-number-147---vol-26---may-1956

Contributors
16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

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