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John Hay, 1st Lord Hay Of Yester
John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1450 – after October 1508) is the ancestor of the Marquesses of Tweeddale. He was created a Lord of Parliament on 29 January 1488 by James III of Scotland. He was born in Peebleshire, the son of Sir David Hay of Locherworth, Peebleshire, and later Yester in East Lothian (d. c. 1478) by his wife Elizabeth (b. c. 1400), daughter of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1370–1402) by Princess Mary (d. before 1458), daughter of Robert III, King of Scots. John Hay married (1) Mary (d. c. 1467), daughter of John Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and (2) by contract before 17 December 1468, Elizabeth (d. 1529), daughter of George Cunningham of Belton. There were children by both marriages: * (1) Sir Thomas Hay, Master of Yester (d. 1491), who married Elizabeth (c. 1477–1544), daughter of Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home, who later married James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran * (1) Isabel, who married Sir Walter Ker of Cessford, & Caverton (d. c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquesses Of Tweeddale
Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled ''Tweedale'') is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. (Subscription or library card required for online edition.) As ''Baron Tweeddale'' in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords. The Marquess's eldest son uses ''Viscount Walden'' as a courtesy title. Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline. The family seat was Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian. Lords Hay of Yester (1488) *John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1450–1508) *John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (k. Battle of Flodden 1513) * John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 154 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |