John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale PC (1645 – 20 April 1713) was a Scottish nobleman.

Early life

Hay was the eldest son of

John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale John Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (c. 13 August 1625, Yester, East Lothian – 11 August 1697, Edinburgh) was Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Early life Hay was born in 1626. He was the eldest son of John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale ( ...

and his wife, Lady Jean Scott, daughter of

Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch, 2nd Baron Scott of Buccleuch (before 1606 – 20 November 1633) was a Scottish nobleman. He was born the son of Walter Scott, 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch Walter Scott, 5th of Buccleuch, 1st Lord Scott of ...

. His younger brothers were Lord David Hay of Belton (who married Rachel Hayes, daughter of Sir James Hayes), Lord Alexander Hay of Spott (who married Catherine Charters, daughter of Laurence Charters), Lady Margaret Hay (wife of

Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe PC (6 May 1682) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life Ker was the eldest son of four sons born to William Ker, 2nd Earl of Roxburghe and the Honourable Jane Ker, who were first cousins. Among his younger brothe ...

), and Lady Jean Hay (wife of

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). His paternal grandparents were

John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale (1593–1653) was a Scottish aristocrat. Hay was the son of James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester and Margaret Kerr or Ker, eldest daughter of Sir John Ker of Ferniehirst. He became Lord Hay of Yester in February 1609 ...

and, his first wife, Lady Jean Seton (only daughter by his second wife of

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555–1622) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord President of the Court of Session from 1598 to 1604, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1604 to 1622 and as a Lord High Commissio ...

). His maternal grandparents were

and Lady Mary Hay (third daughter of

Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll (30 April 156416 July 1631) was a Scottish nobleman. A convert to Catholicism, he openly conspired with the king of Spain to try to unseat the Protestant Queen Elizabeth. Biography He was the son of Andrew Hay, ...

Career

He was Colonel of the Militia Regiment of Foot in Co Haddington (1668–1674) and Linlithgow and Peebles (1682). He was Burgess of Edinburgh (1668), Commissioner for the Borders (1672–1684), Commissioner of Supply for Haddington (1678, 1685, 1690, 1704), Peebles (1678, 1685), Edinburgh (1690, 1704), Fife (1695, 1704), Berwick (1704); Colonel of the East Lothian Regiment (1685), Captain of the Militia Horse for Haddington and Berwick (1689),

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(1689),

Sheriff of Haddington The Sheriff of Haddington, or Sheriff of East Lothian, was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Haddington, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following t ...

from 1694 to 1713, and Commissioner of the Admiralty (Scotland) (1695). He was also

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in 1695. He succeeded his father in the marquessate in 1697. He was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the Scots Parliament in 1704, and was

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from 1704 to 1705. He led the

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, but ultimately supported the

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. He was appointed one of 18 Scottish

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s in 1707. He had been elected a

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in 1666 but was expelled in 1685.

Personal life

In 1666, he married Lady Mary Maitland at

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in London. Lady Mary was a daughter of

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane KG PC (24 May 1616, Lethington, East Lothian – 24 August 1682), was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry. Background Maitlan ...

and the former Anne Home. However, Lauderdale set himself against Hay, who was forced to leave for the continent and did not regain his position until Lauderdale's death in 1682. Together, they were the parents of: *

Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale PC (1670 – 7 December 1715) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life He was the eldest son of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and the former Lady Mary Maitland. His younger brother, Lord John Hay, comma ...

(–1715), who married Lady Susan Cochrane, the widow of

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who was the second daughter of

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, and Anne Hamilton, ''

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'' Duchess of Hamilton (eldest daughter and co-heiress of

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). * Lord John Hay (d. 1706), who commanded the famous regiment of dragoons, afterwards called the

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, at the

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; he married Lady Elizabeth Dalzell, only child of

James Dalzell, 3rd Earl of Carnwath James Dalzell, 3rd Earl of Carnwath (1648–1683) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath and Margaret Carnegie. He was educated in 1659 at the University of Glasgow. He succeeded to his father's title of Ea ...

, and, after her death, Elizabeth Orby, a daughter of Sir Thomas Orby, Bt. * Lord William Hay (d. 1723) of Newhall, a Brig.-Gen. who married his cousin Margaret Hay, only child of John Hay (eldest son and heir apparent of Sir James Hay, 1st Baronet of Linplum) and Jean Foulis (daughter of Sir John Foulis, 1st Baronet of Ravelstoun). * Lady Anne Hay, who married, as his third wife,

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. * Lady Jean Hay (d. 1731), who married

John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes (1679–1722) was a Scottish nobleman who fought on the side of George I during the Jacobite rising of 1715. Biography John Hamilton-Leslie, born in 1679, was the eldest son of Charles Hamilton, 5 ...

, in 1697. Lord Tweeddale died on 20 April 1713. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son,

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* 1645 births 1713 deaths Scottish representative peers Lords High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1689–1702 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1702–1707 Commissioners of the Treasury of Scotland

Tweeddale Tweeddale (Scottish Gaelic: ''Srath Thuaidh/Tuaidhdail'') is a committee area and lieutenancy area in the Scottish Borders council area in south-eastern Scotland. It had also been a province in the Middle Ages. From 1975 to 1996 it was a local gov ...

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