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Authorised form of nameHay; John (1645 - 1713); 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale; army officer
Dates1645 - 1713
NationalityBritish
Date of birth1645
Place of deathDevonport Dockyard, Devonport, England, Europe
Date of death20 April 1713
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Yester, East Lothian, Scotland, Europe
ActivityCareer:
Colonel of the Militia Regiment of Foot in Co Haddington (1668-1674), Linlithgow and Peebles (1682); Burgess of Edinburgh (1668); Commissioner for the Borders (1672-1684); Commissioner of Supply for Haddington (1678, 1685, 1690, 1704), Peebles (1678, 1685), Edinburgh (1690, 1704), Fife (1695, 1704), Berwick (1704); Colonel of the East Lothian Regiment (1685); Captain of the Militia Horse for Haddington and Berwick (1689); Privy Councillor (Scotland) (1689); Sheriff of Haddington (1694-1713); Commissioner of the Admiralty (Scotland) (1695); High Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament (1704); Lord High Chancellor (1705-1706); chosen one of the 16 representative Scottish peers (1707)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/05/1666
ProposerSir Robert Moray
Date of ejection or withdrawal22 July 1685
Other Royal Society activityExpelled due to non-payment of arrears
RelationshipsParents: John Hay, 1st Marquis of Tweeddale (FRS 1664), and Jean Scott; succeeded his father (1697)
Married: Mary Maitland
Children: five, including Charles Hay, 3rd Marquis of Tweeddale
Additional relatives: Jon Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (FRS 1707)
OtherInfoHay was not involved in the work of the Society. He was head of a political party known as 'Squadrone Volante', which was not vocal on its opinion on a Scottish-English union until they ultimately voted for it.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC; Hunter
Notes:
GEC gives place of death as Yester. Previously styled Lord Yester.
CodeNA5770
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