From 1967 to 1980 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire. Personal life Lord Muirshiel married Betty, daughter of Delaval Graham L'Estrange Astley, in 1930. The marriage was childless. She died in June 1974, aged 71. Lord Muirshiel remained a widower until his death in August 1992, aged 86. The viscountcy died with him. He is buried alongside a number of family members including the Barons Maclay in the Mount Zion Church graveyard in Quarrier's Village near Kilmacolm in his former West Renfrewshire constituency. See also List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews References Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006) External links Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Lord-Lieutenants of Renfrewshire Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Secretaries of State for Scotland UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs who were granted peerages Scottish male rowers Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Younger sons of barons Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Viscounts created by Elizabeth II