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Authorised form of nameHay; George (- 1758); 8th Earl of Kinnoull
Other forms of nameHay, George, Viscount Dupplin
Dates - 1758
NationalityBritish
Place of deathAshford, Yorkshire
Date of death28 July 1758
ActivityCareer:
MP for Fowey (1710); Teller of the Exchequer (1711-1714); imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of favouring the Jacobite Rising (1715); released on bail (1717); Ambassador at Constantinople (1729-1734)
Honours:
Baron Hay of Pedwardine (1711)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1712
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Archibald Johnston; succeeded his father (1719); married Abigail, daughter of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (FRS 1712), and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley of Kidderminster (FRS 1696); brother-in-law of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (FRS 1727)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1758, p396
Notes:
DNB says George was 7th Earl and Thomas 6th, but GEC says George is 8th and Thomas 7th (and lists all the Earls to prove it). Styled Viscount Duppin from 1709 to 1719.
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