Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull (18 March 1751 – 19 April 1804) was a Scottish peer and

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. His titles were

Earl of Kinnoull Earl of Kinnoull (sometimes spelled Earl of Kinnoul) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for George Hay, 1st Viscount of Dupplin. Other associated titles are: ''Viscount Dupplin'' and ''Lord Hay of Kinfauns'' (1627) ...

, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the

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and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the

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Biography

Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond was the eldest son of the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon.

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, the

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, and Henrietta Auriol. In 1739, his father Robert Hay took on the Drummond name and arms as heir of entail of his great-grandfather William, Viscount Strathallan. Robert Hay-Drummond succeeded to the title of

on 27 December 1787 on the death of his uncle, Thomas Hay. From 1796, when he was sworn of the

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, until his death in 1804, Lord Kinnoull served as

. He was succeeded as Lord Lyon and in the earldom of Kinnoull by his son

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. On 19 April 1779, Hay-Drummond married his first wife, Julia Eyre. On 8 June 1781, he married Sarah Harley, daughter and co-heiress of the

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Thomas Harley MP,

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Marriage and issue

Hay-Drummond married Julia Eyre on 12 April 1779; she died 29 March 1780. On 3 June 1781, he married Sarah, fourth daughter of Right Hon. Thomas Harley,

. They had four children: *Henrietta (23 August 1783 – 7 October 1854) - married Henry Drummond, grandson of Henry, Viscount Melville * Thomas Robert (5 April 1785 18 – February 1866) *Francis John (17 September 1786– 20 October 1810) - drowned in the

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*Sarah Maria (21 June 1788 – 11 July 1874) - married the Rev. George Murray,

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, nephew of the

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References

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