James Wilson McKay

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Sir James Wilson McKay (12 March 1912[1] – 25 May 1992) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh between 1969 and 1972. A Freemason, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1979 to 1983.

Life

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Memorial to James Wilson McKay (central inscription), Cramond Parish Churchyard

McKay was born in 1912 in Bo'ness, the son of John McKay, an insurance superintendent,[2] and Alice Easton Wilson McKay.[1] He was educated at Dunfermline High School in Dunfermline, Fife.[2]

McKay was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1971 Birthday Honours and knighted by Elizabeth II on 16 November 1971 at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II.[3][4] He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1971.[5]

From 1979 to 1983 he was Grand Master Mason of Scotland, the head of Scottish freemasonry.[6]

He died in Edinburgh on 25 May 1992. He was cremated and his ashes are buried against the south wall of Cramond Parish Church in north-west Edinburgh.

Artistic recognition

He was portrayed in office by David Abercrombie Donaldson.[7]

Family

He was married to Janette (1917-2006), later Lady McKay.[8]

References

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Academic offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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Masonic offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1979–1983 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by


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