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Hay, Thomas, 1710-1787
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1710-1787
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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.
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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.