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James MacKay
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Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT PC QC is an active member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Appointed to the Faculty of Advocates im 1955 he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1965. He was appointed Lord Advocate in 1979. He was appointed Lord Chancellor (Chief Justice, Head of the Judiariary and Cabinet Minister) by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1987 continued in this office under John Major until 1997. He is Patron of the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, succeeding Lord Denning.
