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Lord Reay, of Reay in the County of Caithness, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Reay is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay, whose lands in Strathnaver and northwest Sutherland were known as the Reay Country. The land was sold to the Earls of Sutherland in the 18th century. Lord Reay also refers to a legendary magician in Caithness folklore.

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Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (1591–1649) • John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay (c. 1612-c. 1680/1681) • George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (1678–1748) • Donald Mackay, 4th Lord Reay (died 1761) • George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay (–1768) • Hugh Mackay, 6th Lord Reay (died 1797) • Eric Mackay, 7th Lord Reay (1773–1847) (second son of George Mackay of Skibo) • Alexander Mackay, 8th Lord Reay (1775–1863) (third son of George Mackay of Skibo) • Eric Mackay, 9th Lord Reay (1813–1875) • Aeneas Mackay, 10th Lord Reay (1806–1876) • Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay (1839–1921) • Eric Mackay, 12th Lord Reay (1870–1921) • Aeneas Alexander Mackay, 13th Lord Reay (1905–1963) • Hugh William Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (1937–2013) • Aeneas Simon Mackay, 15th Lord Reay (b. 1965) The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Alexander Shimi Markus Mackay, Master of Reay (b. 2010) ==Lord Reay in Caithness folklore==
Lord Reay in Caithness folklore
In the folklore of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, Lord Reay is a magician who believed he had come off best in an encounter with a witch in Smoo Cave. His prize was a gang of fairies who liked nothing better than to work. The construction of various earthworks in the parish of Reay are attributed to these fairies, working under direction from Lord Reay. However, the fairies' appetite for work was insatiable and, eventually, their demands became intolerable. So Lord Reay put them to work building a causeway of sand across the Pentland Firth where, of course, the fierce currents wash away the sand just as fast as the fairies can build. ==See also==
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