John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel

The Right Honourable The Viscount Muirshiel KT CH CMG PC DL
1962 portrait of Maclay by Herbert James Gunn.
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 13 January 1957 – 13 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Hon. James Stuart
Succeeded by	Michael Noble
Minister of State for the Colonies
In office 18 October 1956 – 13 January 1957
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden
Preceded by	John Hare
Succeeded by	John Drummond
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 31 October 1951 – 7 May 1952
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	David Rees-Williams
Succeeded by	Alan Lennox-Boyd
Chairman of the National Liberal Party
In office 1947–1956
Preceded by	Stanley Holmes
Succeeded by	James Duncan
Member of Parliament for West Renfrewshire
In office 23 February 1950 – 25 September 1964
Preceded by	Thomas Scollan
Succeeded by	Norman Buchan
Member of Parliament for Montrose Burghs
In office 5 July 1940 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Charles Kerr
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1905-10-26)26 October 1905 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	17 August 1992(1992-08-17) (aged 86) Kilmacolm, Scotland
Nationality	British
Political party	National Liberal Scottish Unionist
Spouse	Betty Astley ​ ​ (m. 1930; died 1974)​
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, KT, CH, CMG, PC, DL (26 October 1905 – 17 August 1992) was a British politician, sitting as a National Liberal and Conservative Member of Parliament before the party was fully assimilated into the Unionist Party in Scotland in the mid-1960s.^[1]

Lord Muirshiel served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1957 to 1962 within Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, having held a number of junior ministerial posts beforehand. In 1964, he was elevated to the House of Lords.