Hay, Edward, 1757-1798

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Hay, Edward, 1757-1798

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        1757-1798

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        HAY, EDWARD, eldest son of Hon. Edward Hay (qv), and his first wife; b. 19 May 1757; adm. 30 Sep 1765; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1774; Writer, EICS Bengal 1775; arrived in India 6 Oct 1775; Assistant, Secretary’s Office, Secret Department 1777; Factor and Sub-Secretary, General Department, and Agent for the Manufacture of Powder 1782; Secretary, Secret Department 1783; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Senior Merchant and Secretary to Government, Bengal 1788; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 22 Feb 1782 Elizabeth, dau. of William Wagstaffe, Manchester, apothecary; d. 24 Sep 1798.

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        GB-2014-WSA-08939

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        GB 2014

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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