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John Hay (other)
John Hay (1838–1905) was an American politician; Secretary of State 1898–1905. John Hay may also refer to: * John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1450–c. 1508) * John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (died 1513), Scottish nobleman *John Hay (Jesuit) (1546–1608), Jesuit scholar and educator * John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale (1593–1653), Scottish aristocrat * John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (1625–1697), Lord Chancellor of Scotland * John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1645–1713), Scottish nobleman * John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695–1762), Scottish nobleman * John Hay, 12th Earl of Erroll (died 1704), Scottish nobleman * John Hay of Cromlix (1691–1740), Jacobite noble * John Hay (moderator) (1566–1627), Scottish minister * John Hay (academic) (1942–2016), Australian academic * John Hay (Canadian politician) (1862–1925), Canadian politician * John Hay (cardiologist) (1873–1959), Liverpool physician *John Hay (director) (born 1964), English film direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hay
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also an author and biographer, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout much of his life. Born in Indiana to an anti-slavery family that moved to Warsaw, Illinois when he was young, Hay showed great potential, and his family sent him to Brown University. After graduation in 1858, Hay read law in his uncle's office in Springfield, Illinois, adjacent to that of Lincoln. Hay worked for Lincoln's successful presidential campaign and became one of his private secretaries at the White House. Throughout the American Civil War, Hay was close to Lincoln and stood by his deathbed after the President was shot at Ford's Theatre. In addition to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hay (nature Writer)
John Hay (August 31, 1915, Ipswich, Massachusetts – February 26, 2011, Bremen, Maine) was an American author, naturalist, and conservation activist. Hay co-founded the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, Massachusetts and served as its president from 1955 to 1980. He composed 18 books from his "writing shack" on Dry Hill at his home in Brewster, Massachusetts, including two autobiographies, ''A beginner's faith in things unseen'' (1995) and ''Mind the Gap: The Education of a Nature Writer.'' (2004). Hay was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1915 and grew up in New York City. His grandfather was the Secretary of State John Milton Hay. He attended Harvard University and served in the army during World War II. During most of his career, he lived in Brewster, Massachusetts and Bremen, Maine, and he worked on conservation in the northeast. In 1955, he helped co-found the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is a small museum in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS John Hay
SS ''John Hay'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Hay John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was Un ..., private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, the 12th United States Assistant Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Construction ''John Hay'' was laid down on 5 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1525, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. L.R. Sanford, wife MARCOM regional director ship construction Gulf-Coast, and launched on 31 May 1943. History She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 30 June 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hay (priest)
John Hay (b 1945) was Dean of Raphoe from 2003 to 2013. Hay was educated at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute and ordained in 1980. He began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Newtownards Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtownard .... He was the incumbent at Fintona from 1989 until his time as Dean. References 1945 births Alumni of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute Deans of Derry Living people {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet
Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet, (11 February 1821 – 28 January 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Early life Born in Edinburgh, Hay-Dalrymple was the only child of Sir James Dalrymple Hay, 2nd Baronet, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Shaw Heron-Maxwell, 4th Baronet. His mother died in childbirth. His father remarried in 1823 and had a further eight children. He was educated at Rugby School, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 19 March 1861. Naval career Dalrymple-Hay entered the Royal Navy in 1834. During his naval career he was involved in the Sixth Xhosa War in South Africa and the Oriental Crisis in Syria, being present when Beirut and St Jean d'Acre fell. He was also concerned with successful operations against Chinese pirates in the 1840s. He commanded HMS ''Victory'' from 1854 and then commanded HMS ''Hannibal'' during the Crimean War and was decorated by the British and Turkish governments. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. It is the equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries. While some of Scotland's subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elect a Provost (civil), Provost, only the four main cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland, Dundee) have a Lord Provost. In Edinburgh this position dates from 1667, when Charles II of England, Charles II elevated the Provost to the status of Lord Provost, with the same rank and precedence as the Lord Mayor of London. The title of Lord Provost is enshrined in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. Roles and Traditions Prior to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hay Of Alderston, 1st Baronet
Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet (died 1706) was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on 22 February 1703. He was the son of Thomas Hay of Hermiston (died 1607) one of the Clerks of the Court of Session and a Clerk of the Privy Council of Scotland, and Anna, daughter of Sir John Gibson of Pentland, Baronet. Sir John Hay acquired the feudal barony of Alderston in East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo ..., which had long been a possession of the Hepburn family. He married 27 April 1693, Catherine, daughter of Sir George Suttie, 1st Baronet of Balgonie, and had issue: two sons, his successors, and three daughters. References * ''History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' etc., by John Burke, London, 1836, vol. 3, p. 437. * ''Extinct and Dorm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet
Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE FSA (3 August 1788 – 1 November 1838) was a British baronet and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire from 1831 to 1837. He was the son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE (1755–1830), banker and landowner, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes. His brother-in-law was the banker, George Forbes FRSE (1790–1857). He trained as an advocate and passed the Scottish bar in 1811. In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ... his proposer being George Forbes. In 1821 he married Ann Preston (d.1862). They had no children. References * * External links * 1788 births 1838 deaths Members of the Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Primrose Hay
Captain John Primrose Hay (4 April 1878 – 5 December 1949) was Labour MP for Glasgow Cathcart. Hay was born in Coatbridge and was educated at the Glasgow Free Church Training College, and the University of Glasgow. He became a lecturer in mathematics at Manchuria Christian College from 1906 to 1915, when he joined the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served in France for the remainder of World War I, becoming a captain. Hay was a supporter of the Labour Party, for which he stood in Glasgow Cathcart at the 1922 United Kingdom general election The 1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922. It was won by the Conservative Party, led by Bonar Law, which gained an overall majority over the Labour Party, led by J. R. Clynes, and a divided Liberal Party. ..., winning the seat. However, he lost in 1923, and was defeated again in 1924 and 1929. References External links * * 1878 births 1949 deaths Alumni of the University of Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John MacDougall Hay
John MacDougall Hay (23 October 1880 – 10 December 1919) was a Scottish novelist. He was born and grew up in Tarbert, Argyll. He graduated in 1900 with an M.A. from the University of Glasgow. He was initially a school teacher in Stornaway, but then became a Church of Scotland minister. He was the father of Sheena Campbell Hay (1911–1987) and George Campbell Hay, the Scottish Gaelic poet. He is mainly known for his novel ''Gillespie'' (1914), (brief biography) set in a fictionalised version of his home town of Tarbert. It received favourable reviews when it was published in 1914, but was largely forgotten until it was re-discovered in the late 20th century. He also wrote a second novel ''Barnacles'' (1916), and a collection of poems ''Their Dead Sons'' (1918). In the year of his death, he was planning a third novel set in the Church of Scotland and to be entitled ''The Martyr''. In poor health for much of his adult life, he died of tuberculosis Tuberculosis (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Le Hay
John Le Hay was the stage name of John Mackway Healy (25 March 1854 – 2 November 1926), an English singer and actor known for his portrayal of the comic baritone roles in the Savoy Operas. He also appeared in non-musical plays, adaptations of French comic operas and opérettes, and in Edwardian musical comedy, usually in comic roles, though sometimes in more serious character parts. As a skilled ventriloquist he appeared before royalty, and periodically he presented his own one-man entertainment during his half-century long stage career. Life and career Early years Le Hay was born in Bethnal Green, London, although later he would say that he had been born in Ireland. Gänzl, Kurt"'John Le Hay: a little of the man behind the comedian" Kurt of Gerolstein, 21 October 2018 His parents were John Healy (1820–1901) and his wife Sophia Elizabeth Mackway (1823– 1886), both Londoners. He had a younger brother, Joseph (1858–1931). His father worked as a manager in a pawnshop, where L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hay Drummond Hay
Sir John Hay Drummond Hay (1 June 1816 – 27 November 1893) was the United Kingdom's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Morocco in the 19th century. Early life John Drummond Hay was born in 1816 in Valenciennes, France, where his father Captain Edward Drummond Hay, a nephew of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul, was serving in the British army of occupation. Like his elder brother, Edward Hay Drummond Hay, he was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, and then at Charterhouse School. At the age of 24, he was appointed a paid attaché to the Embassy of Constantinople, where he remained for four years, and was then sent to Morocco to assist his father the Agent and Consul-General in his communications with the Court of Morocco during the difficulties with the French Government. In this mission he displayed so much ability that a few months afterwards, though still having merely the rank of a paid attaché, he succeeded his temporary chief as Agent and Consul-General. Diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
