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HAY, HON. JOHN, brother of Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Mar 1726; KS 1731; Capt. of the School 1736; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 13 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 24 Mar 1747, expiry year of grace as R. Epworth from 15 Apr 1746; BA 12 Mar 1742/3; MA 1744; ordained; Rector of Epworth, Lincs., from 1746; Rector of Cwm, Flints., from 1748; Rector of Hope, Flints., from 1750; d. unm. 23 Jun 1751. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

Hay, Richard Gordon, brother of John Brian Hay (qv); b. 1 May 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (KS); left July 1955; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1957, BA 1960, MA 1964; Goode Durrant & Murray Plc 1960-74; dir. Lond. & North Brit. Trust Ltd. 1974, Midland Bank Internat. Trade Services Ltd. 1974-84, Interkiln Engineering Ltd. 1985-; m. 6 Jan. 1968 Elisabeth, d. of Jacques Tugault, herborist, of Paris, France; d. 2019.

HAY, THOMAS, 9TH EARL OF KINNOULL (S), elder son of George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, and Lady Abigail Harley, sister of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 4 Jul 1710; adm. Mar 1717/8; styled Lord Dupplin 1719-58; spoke Prior’s prologue and took part of Cordelio in Otway’s Orphan, which was acted by “some of the Westminster scholars” at Hickford’s Dancing Rooms, Panton Street, near Leicester Fields, 2 Feb 1719/20 (HMC Portland MSS V, 593); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1726; MA Cambridge 1749; MP Scarborough 26 Jan 1735/6 – 21 Apr 1736, Cambridge 1741 – 29 Jul 1758; in politics a loyal follower and confidant of Henry Pelham (qv) and of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); a Commissioner of the Revenue (I) Apr 1741-6; member, Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations, Nov 1746 – Apr 1754; a Lord of the Treasury Apr 1754 – Dec 1755; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 16 Dec 1755 – Jul 1757; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster Jan 1758-62; Privy Councillor 27 Jan 1758; succeeded father as 9th Earl of Kinnoull 29 Jul 1758; Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal (on special mission) Mar – Nov 1760; Recorder of Cambridge from 10 Jan 1758; Chancellor, University of St. Andrews, from 1765; m. 12 Jun 1741 Constantia, only dau. of John Kyrle Ernle, Whetham, Calne, Wilts.; d. 28 Dec 1787. DNB.

HAY, THOMAS, eldest son of William Hay MP, Glyndebourne, Sussex, and Elizabeth, second d. of Thomas Pelham MP, Catsfield Place, Sussex; b. 3 Jul 1734; adm. Jun 1747 (Morel's); left 1751; Cornet, 9th Dragoons 19 Jun 1751; Lieut., 7th Dragoons 25 Dec 1755; Capt., 14 Mar 1757; Maj., 14 Oct 1761; Lieut. -Col., 14 Jun 1765; Brevet Col., 21 May 1762; unattached list 27 Feb 1771; Deputy Adjutant-Gen. in Germany; MP Lewes 1768-80; d. 9 Feb 1786.

HAY, THOMAS, second son of Hon. Edward Hay (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Apr 1759; adm. 27 Apr 1767; KS 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1776, matr. 5 Jun 1776, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1776 – 21 Nov 1785, expiry year of grace as R. Belton from 12 Nov 1784; BA 1780; MA 1783; BD and DD 1795; ordained; Rector of Belton, Suffolk 1784; Rector of North Walsham, Norfolk 11 Oct 1785-1813; Chaplain to House of Commons 1790; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 6 Jun 1795; Rector of North Repps, Norfolk, from 27 Apr 1813; m. 1 May 1786 Anne, dau. of Charles Bragge, Clevedale, Gloucs.; d. 29 Jan 1830.

HAY, WILLIAM ROBERT, third son of Hon. Edward Hay (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Dec 1761; adm. 26 Sep 1769; got out of his boarding house clandestinely with two schoolfellows to witness Garrick’s last appearance on the stage at Drury Lane Theatre 10 Jun 1776; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1776, Canoneer Student 26 Jun 1778 – Jan 1788, Faculty Student 18 Jan 1788 – Jan 1793, void on marriage; BA 1780; MA 1783; adm. Inner Temple 2 May 1781, called to bar 1 Feb 1788; Northern circuit; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. from Chester) 31 Dec 1797; Rector of Ackworth, Yorks., from 15 Jul 1802; Prebendary of York from 7 Nov 1806; Vicar of Rochdale, Lancs., from 3 Jan 1820; Chairman, Salford Hundred Quarter Sessions Jul 1802 – 31 Jan 1823; took a prominent part as a magistrate in proceedings at Peterloo 16 Aug 1819, and the subject of Bamford’s Ode to a Plotting Parson; m. 28 Jan 1793 Mary, widow of John Astley, Dukinfield, Cheshire, and dau. of William Wagstaffe, Manchester, surgeon; d. 10 Dec 1839.

HAY-DRUMMOND, EDWARD AURIOL, fifth son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 10 Apr 1758; adm. 15 Sep 1766 (as Edward Drummond); probably Drummond, christian name not stated, in school lists 1767-74 and certainly at school in 1773-4 (Correspondence of Mrs Delany, 2nd series, i, 576, where she refers in a letter of 1 Jan 1774 to the Archbishop of York’s “two youngest sons, very fine youths at Westmr. School”); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 May 1774, Canoneer Student 2 Jul 1774 – void 30 Jul 1783, expiry year of grace as V. Flitton from 19 Nov 1782; BA 1778; MA 1780; BD and DD 1794; ordained deacon (Winchester) 5 Aug 1781, priest (York) 7 Jul 1782; Vicar of Flitton, Beds., 1782; Prebendary of York from 15 Jul 1784; Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Dean of Bocking, Essex, from 1796; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and IV from 1789; Prebendary of Southwell from Nov 1806; Rector of Dalham, Suffolk, from 1823; m. 1st, 12 Dec 1782 Elizabeth, dau. of Guillaume, Comte de Vismes; m. 2nd, 24 May 1791 Amelia, dau. of James Auriol; d. 30 Dec 1829.

HAY-DRUMMOND, HON. FRANCIS JOHN, younger son of Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull (S) (qv), and his second wife; b. 1786; adm.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1803, aged 17; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 22 Dec 1804; Lieut. and Capt., 21 Jun 1810; drowned in Scotland 28 Oct 1810 [entry by Whitmore, who supposed him to be Hay, Christian name not stated, in school list May 1803, left 1803].