THE Earl of Inchcape, a former chairman of P & O and president of the
international firm which bears his name, has died at the age of 76.
Born Kenneth Mackay, he was educated at Eton College and Cambridge
University and, after succeeding his father in 1939, served with the
Royal Lancers in France and Italy during the Second World War.
Lord Inchcape, who adopted the formal title of Viscount Glenapp of
Strathnaver, was chairman of the family business, Inchcape plc, from
1958 to 1982. It is now a worldwide services and marketing group, with
subsidiaries and associate companies across the globe.
He served as a director of P & O from 1957 to 1983, the last 10 years
as chairman, during which time it bought out building group Bovis and,
in turn, resisted an unwelcome takeover by Trafalgar House.
Lord Inchcape, who had homes in Girvan and London, was also a former
chairman of the Council for Middle East Trade, and past president of
both the General Council of British Shipping and the Royal Society for
India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
He is survived by his second wife, Caroline, and six children.
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