Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale
University of Leipzig, University of Geneva | |
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| Spouses | Helene Kilmansegge
(m. 1857; died 1871)Julia Stewart-Mackenzie
(m. 1873) |
| Parent(s) | George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale Lady Susan Montagu |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ornithologist, soldier |
| Institutions | Zoological Society of London (President 1868–1878) |
Colonel Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale,
Life
Lord Arthur Hay was born at Yester House near Gifford, East Lothian, the son of General Sir George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his wife, Lady Susan Montague. He was sent to university in both Leipzig and Geneva.
Training in the military he received a commission in the British Army in 1841. He rose to be a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards. He served as a soldier in India and the Crimea. He succeeded his father in the Marquessate in 1876.
Hay purchased a
He was president of the
His ornithological works were published privately in 1881 by his nephew, Captain
Lord Tweeddale died at Walden Cottage in Chislehurst, London on 28 December 1878.[8] As he had no issue, he was succeeded as Marquess of Tweeddale by his brother, William.
Family
He married twice: firstly in 1857 to Helene Kilmansegge (d.1871) and secondly in 1873 to Julia Mackenzie of Seaforth, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Keith William Stewart-Mackenzie (9 May 1818 – June 1881)[9][10] and of Hannah Charlotte Hope Vere.[11] After Hay's death she married secondly Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet; and thirdly after his death William Evans-Gordon, MP. (All without issue).
References
- ISBN 0-89672-444-1.
- ISBN 0-691-12462-0.
- ^ Scherren, Henry (1905). The Zoological Society of London. Cassell & Co.
- ISBN 1-4021-8140-X.
- ^ "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 27 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Nandini, R., & Mudappa, D. (2010). Mystery or myth: a review of history and conservation status of the Malabar Civet Viverra civettina Blyth, 1862. Small Carnivore Conservation 43: 47-59.
- ^ Ramsay, R G (1881) The ornithological works of Arthur, ninth Marquis of Tweeddale scanned
- ^ "Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue".
- ^ Keith William Stewart at Geneall.net
- CO, Ross-shire Highland Rifle Volunteers (1st Volunteer Bn. Seaforth Highlanders). Source: Grierson, James Moncrieff, Maj.-Gen. (1909). Records of the Scottish volunteer force, 1859-1908. Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood and sons. p. 278.) (with colour plates)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Hannah Hope Vere was the daughter of James Joseph Hope Vere, MP, of Craigie Hall and Blackwood, Midlothian (and grandson of Charles Hope-Weir), and of Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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