George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull
Member of Parliament for Fowey | |
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In office 1710–1711 | |
Teller of the Exchequer | |
In office 1711–1715 | |
Preceded by | Peregrine Bertie |
Succeeded by | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 June 1689 |
Died | 28 July 1758 Ashford, Surrey | (aged 69)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Abigail Harley (m. 1709) |
Children | 10, including Thomas and Robert |
Parents |
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George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull FRS (23 June 1689 – 28 July 1758), styled as Viscount Dupplin from 1709 to 1719, was a British peer, Tory politician, and diplomat.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and Elizabeth, daughter of William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan.
In 1708, he came under the wing of
October Club."[1]
In 1710, George Hay became the
peace policy in the previously Whig-dominated Lords. He then became the Teller of the Exchequer between 1711 and 1714. William Bromley wrote, on the occasion of Viscount Dupplin accepting the role in 1711, that he was "so pretty a gentleman, so generally well beloved."[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1712.[3] In 1713, he bought Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire from the Wentworth family and rebuilt the house.
During the
British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
on 16 May 1729. He arrived at Constantinople on 15 April 1730. Recalled on 19 August 1735, he left Turkey in the autumn of 1736.
He died in Ashford, Surrey, on 28 July 1758.[1]
Marriage and issue
He married Harley's elder daughter Abigail around 1 September 1709. They had four sons and six daughters:[5]
- Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
- Robert Hay Drummond, who took on the name and arms of Drummond, as heir of entail of his great-grandfather William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan and became Archbishop of York
- John Hay (1719–1751), rector of Epworth
- Governor of Barbados
- Lady Margaret, died unmarried
- Lady Elizabeth, died unmarried in Edinburgh on 15 September 1791
- Lady Anne, died unmarried
- Lady Abigail, died unmarried in London on 7 July 1785, aged 69
- Lady Henrietta, married on 30 July 1754, to Robert Roper, Chancellor of the diocese of York, and died without issue, at Oxford on 9 October 1798, aged 81
- Lady Mary, married on 5 August 1758, to bishop John Hume, Bishop of Oxford and Salisbury. Died 26 August 1805, aged 82
References
- ^ a b c d "HAY, George, Visct. Dupplin (aft.1683-1758), of Pedwardine, Herefs". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas; William Courthope (1857). The Historic Peerage of England. John Murray. p. 243.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Hays of Erroll (Kinnoull branch)". The Spectator. 38: 640. 10 June 1865.
- ^ James Balfour Paul (1908). The Scots Peerage. D. Douglas. p. 232.
Further reading
- Nigel Webb; Caroline Webb (2008). The Earl and His Butler in Constantinople: The Secret Diary of an English Servant Among the Ottomans. ISBN 978-1-84511-782-5.