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].
HAY-DRUMMOND, GEORGE WILLIAM AURIOL, sixth son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 13 Mar 1761; adm. 4 May 1770; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1776, Canoneer Student 2 Jul 1776 – void 29 Apr 1786, expiry year of grace as V. Doncaster from 8 Apr 1785; BA 1780; MA 1783; ordained priest 1785 (Chester, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks., 1785-90; Prebendary of York from 14 Mar 1785; Perpetual Curate, Badsey with Wickhamford, Worcs., from 30 Aug 1785; Vicar of Brodsworth, Yorks., from 1790; Rector of Tankersley, Yorks., and Rector of Rawmarsh, Yorks., 1796; Vicar of Braithwall, Yorks.; author, Verses Social and Domestic; m. 1st, 12 Apr 1785 Elizabeth Margaret, dau. of Capt. Sir Samuel Marshall, Royal Navy; m. 2nd, 18 Oct 1800 Maria, dau. of John Burbank, Long Bredy, Dorset; drowned off Bideford, Devon, while on his passage to Greenock 7 Dec 1807.
HAY-DRUMMOND, JOHN AURIOL, fourth son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 4 Jul 1756; adm. 19 Apr 1765; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 21 Jun 1774; Cdr., 25 Aug 1777; lost in prize ship Beazer 11 Oct 1780.
HAY-DRUMMOND, PETER AURIOL, third son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 21 Jan 1754; adm. [“see new slip”]; of Bawtry, Yorks.; Lieut. -Col., 5th West Yorkshire Militia; m. 28 Dec 1775 Mary Bridget, only child of Pemberton Milnes, Wakefield, Yorks.; d. 21 Mar 1799.
HAY-DRUMMOND, ROBERT AURIOL, 10TH EARL OF KINNOULL (S), eldest son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 18 Mar 1751; in school list 1764; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 Mar 1768, Canoneer Student 7 Jul 1768 – void by marriage 22 Apr 1779; BA 1773; MA 1774; DCL 4 Jul 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1775; succeeded uncle as 10th Earl of Kinnoull 28 Dec 1787; Privy Councillor 19 Apr 1796; appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms from 30 Sep 1796, jointly with eldest son; Busby Trustee 8 May 1800; m. 1st, 19 Apr 1779 Julia, only dau. of Anthony Eyre, Grove, Notts.; m. 2nd, 17 Jul 1781 Sarah, dau. of Right Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); d. 12 Apr 1804.
HAY-DRUMMOND, HON. ROBERT, brother of Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (qv); b. 10 Nov 1711; adm. Mar 1717/8; whilt taking the part of Brutus in a performance of Julius Caesar acted by boys from the school before King George II and Queen Caroline “at the theatre over against the Opera House” 20 Jan 1727/8, the plume of ostrich feathers which he wore caught fire; perfectly unembarrassed, he pulled the cap off his head, and went on with his speech as if nothing had happened (memoir prefixed to his Sermons on Public Occasions, 1803, xii, note, and Life and Correspondence of Mrs Delaney, i, 158); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1728 (HMC Portland vii, 459), Canoneer Student 16 Jul 1728 – void 19 Aug 1737, expiry year of grace as R. Bothal from 11 Sep 1736; BA 1731; MA 1735; DD 1745; assumed additional surname of Drummond 1730 [check date], according to deed of entail of his great-grandfather Viscount Strathallan; Grand Tour (Italy) 1734, with Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (qv); member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; ordained deacon and priest 1736; Rector of Bothal, Northumberland, 1736 (still 1748); Chaplain in Ordinary to George II Aug 1737-48; attended George II during German campaign of 1743; preached thanksgiving sermon for battle of Dettingen at Hanau; Prebendary of Westminster 29 Apr 1743 – Apr 1748; Rector of Shipwash, Northumberland, by 1748; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 24 Apr 1748; on 22 Feb 1753/4 he eloquently defended in House of Lords his former schoolfellows Andrew Stone (qv), William Murray (qv) and James Johnson (qv), who were charged with having drunk the health of the Pretender; translated to Salisbury 11 Jun 1761; preached Coronation sermon in Westminster Abbey 22 Sep 1761; translated to Archbishopric of York 23 Oct 1761; Privy Councillor 7 Nov 1761; Lord High Almoner from 17 Nov 1761; Busby Trustee 11 Apr 1764; six of his sermons, together with his Letter on Theological Study and a short memoir, were published by his youngest son in 1803; m. 31 Jan 1748/9 Henrietta, dau. of Peter Auriol, London, merchant; d. 10 Dec 1776. DNB.
HAY-DRUMMOND, THOMAS AURIOL, second son of Hon. Robert Hay-Drummond (qv); b. 7 Aug 1752; in school lists 1764, 1765; KS 1765; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1769; d. unm. 7 Apr 1773. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
HAY-DRUMMOND, THOMAS ROBERT, 11TH EARL OF KINNOULL (S), elder son of Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull (qv), and his second wife; b. 5 Apr 1785; styled Lord Dupplin 1787-1804; adm. 20 Jan 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797, 1801; succ. father as 10th Earl of Kinnoull 12 Apr 1804; Lord Lyon King of Arms from 12 Apr 1804; Col., Royal Perth Militia, from 8 Jun 1809; Lord Lieut., Perthshire, from 18 Oct 1830; took Conservative whip, House of Lords; m. 17 Aug 1824 Louisa Burton, dau. of Adm. Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., GCB; d. 18 Feb 1866.