Æneas, Baron Mackay Jr. (29 November 1838 – 13 November 1909) was a prime minister

Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

 of the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party.

History

Mackay was born in Nijmegen in 1839 into a family of Scottish origin. He became a lawyer

Lawyer

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 in 1862 and worked as one until 1865. In 1888, he became prime minister, until 1890 when he was succeeded by Gijsbert van Tienhoven

Gijsbert van Tienhoven

Gijsbert van Tienhoven was prime minister of the Netherlands from 21 August 1891 until 8 May 1894. He was also mayor of Amsterdam from 1880 to 1891.-History:...

. He died in The Hague

The Hague

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in 1909, at the age of 69.

Mackay's uncle, Æneas Baron Mackay Sr., was also a politician.