James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (c1612-1660) by Anthony van Dyck

James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612 – 30 October 1660) was the

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(2nd Creation), succeeding

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. Hay was the second son of the 1st Earl, a Scottish nobleman, and his wife Honoria, heir to

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. James Hay was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot in Germany, and was appointed Knight of the

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. In 1632 he married Margaret Russell, third daughter of

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. In 1639 he inherited the Carlisle Islands, later called

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. Between 1642 and 1646 he was a

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Colonel of a Regiment of Horse. He lived mainly in Barbados but returned in 1652. He died without issue on 30 October 1660. At his death, the peerage became extinct in the Hay family.

References

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Catalogue note for a Portrait of James Hay, by Anthony van Dyck
, - , - 1612 births 1660 deaths *02 Lord-Lieutenants of Essex {{England-earl-stub