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Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet
Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun (15 January 1755 – 23 May 1830) was a Scottish baronet, banker and landowner. Early life Hay was born on 15 January 1755. He was the son of Dorriel Campbell and Sir James Hay, 4th Baronet, who claimed title 1805 after it had been dormant since the death of his great-grandfather's "degenerate third cousin" Sir James Hay, 3rd Baronet in . His father had attended Edinburgh University and was a physician in Edinburgh. His sister, Elizabeth Hay, was a noted singer with the Edinburgh Music Society based in St Cecilia's Hall, who married Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet.L. G. Pine, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th edition'' (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1949), page 977. Career In 1774, Hay was apprenticed in the Edinburgh banking house of his brother-in-law, Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo. "He became a partner in the firm of Forbes, Hunter and Company in 1782, marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn (; 4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland. Biography Raeburn was born the son of a manufacturer in Stockbridge, on the Water of Leith: a former village now within the city of Edinburgh. He had an older brother, born in 1744, called William Raeburn. His ancestors were believed to have been soldiers, and may have taken the name "Raeburn" from a hill farm in Annandale, held by Sir Walter Scott's family. Orphaned, he was supported by William and placed in Heriot's Hospital, where he received an education. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the goldsmith James Gilliland of Edinburgh, and various pieces of jewellery, mourning rings and the like, adorned with minute drawings on ivory by his hand, still exist. When the medical student Charles Darwin died in 1778, his friend and professor Andrew Duncan took a lock of his student's hair to the jeweller whose apprentice, Raeb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet
Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (14 December 1795 – 18 January 1867) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark Burghs from 1826 to 1830. He was the brother of 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 B ... (1788–1838). He lived at 12 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1850-51 References External links * 1795 births 1867 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1826–1830 {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 Deaths
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 183 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * An assassination attempt on Emperor Commodus by members of the Senate fails. Births * January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) * Hu Zong, Chinese general, official and poet of the Eastern Wu state (d. 242) * Liu Zan (Zhengming), Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 255) * Lu Xun, Chinese general and politician of the Eastern Wu state (d. 245 __NOTOC__ Year 245 ( CCXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1755 Births
Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanate of Yogyakarta and the sunanate of Surakarta. * March 12 – A steam engine is used in the American colonies for the first time as New Jersey copper mine owner Arent Schuyler installs a Newcomen atmospheric engine to pump water out of a mineshaft. * March 22 – Britain's House of Commons votes in favor of £1,000,000 of appropriations to expand the British Army and Royal Navy operations in North America. * March 26 – General Edward Braddock and 1,600 British sailors and soldiers arrive at Alexandria, Virginia on transport ships that have sailed up the Potomac River. Braddock, sent to take command of the British forces against the French in North America, commandeers taverns and private homes to feed and house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay Baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hay, all in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Two creations are extinct, one dormant and one extant. A fifth baronetcy in the Jacobite Peerage, although theoretically extant, is not recognised by the Lyon Office. The Hay Baronetcy, ''of Smithfield and Haystoun'' in the County of Peebles, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 July 1635 for James Hay, Esquire of the Body to King James VI, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. Along with the baronetcy he was granted of land in Nova Scotia. The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet in 1683. In 1762 James Hay claimed and assumed the baronetcy as the great-great-grandson John Hay, younger brother of the grandfather of the first Baronet. A jury assembled at Perth in 1805 decided his claim was valid and in 1806 he matriculated arms as a Baronet in the Lyon Office. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tomlinson (bishop)
George Tomlinson (12 March 1794 – 6 February 1863) was an English cleric, the Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863. Biography Tomlinson was born in Lancashire, the son of John Tomlinson. He was first educated at St Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark, and entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1818, matriculating in 1819. He graduated B.A. in 1823, M.A. in 1826, and D.D. in 1842. He was founder of the Cambridge Apostles. Ordained in 1822, Tomlinson became chaplain to William Howley, the Bishop of London, and was employed as a tutor by Sir Robert Peel. In 1825 he became secretary to the City of London Infant School Society, a High Church alternative around Howley, Peel and Charles James Blomfield to the Infant School Society of Samuel Wilderspin. From 1831 to 1842, Tomlinson was secretary to the SPCK. There he wrote for the '' Saturday Magazine'', and founded the ''Clergy List'' and ''Ecclesiastical Gazette''. In 1840 he undertook an ecumenical mission in the Lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie
The Hon. James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie (5 January 1759–29 May1836) was a Scottish lawyer and a Senator of the College of Justice. Life Murray was born in Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia on 5 January 1759 the son of Marion (Mary) Anne Stewart and Lieutenant Cololnel Alexander Murray of Cringletie (1719-1762). His father served with General Wolfe at Quebec, and named James after him in his honour. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied law at the University of Edinburgh. In 1816 he was appointed a Lord of Session with the title Lord Cringletie, named after his country seat, Cringletie House in Peeblesshire (rebuilt in 1861 by his son). His position filled the place of Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank, who had died. His Edinburgh address was at 17 Charlotte Square.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1820 He died in Edinburgh on 29 May 1836, and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. The grave lies against the original western wall, backing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl Of Chesterfield
Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield, DL, JP (8 April 1821 – 21 January 1887) was a British peer. Life and family He was the eldest of four sons of Sir Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd Baronet. He married Dorothea Hay, daughter of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet Hay of Smithfield, on 6 August 1851 at St. Johns church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Together they had six sons, including Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield and Henry Athole Scudamore-Stanhope, 11th Earl of Chesterfield. In 1874, he inherited the baronetcy and the estate of Holme Lacy in Herefordshire, previously the property of the deranged Frances Scudamore, Duchess of Norfolk, which had been settled in favour of his father after years of litigation. In 1883, he succeeded his fourth cousin once removed, George Philip Stanhope, 8th Earl of Chesterfield, as 9th Earl. He died on 21 January 1887 at the Victoria Hotel in St Leonards-on-Sea. He was succeeded as 10th Earl by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet
Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun DL JP (8 May 1825 – 30 May 1885) was a Scottish baronet. Early life Hay was born on 8 May 1825. He was the son of Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet and Henrietta Callender Grant. His father served as MP for Lanark Burghs from 1826 to 1830. Among his surviving siblings were Dorothea Hay (wife of Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield) and Louisa Grace Hay (second wife of Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe Murray, son of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie). His father, the second surviving son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet and Hon. Mary Elizabeth Forbes (a daughter of James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes), succeeded to the baronetcy after the death of his brother, Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet, MP for Peeblesshire. His maternal grandparents were William Grant and Dorothea Dalrymple. His aunt, Louisa Grant, was the wife of the Hon. William Keith-Falconer (younger son of the 6th Earl of Kintore). Career Upon the death of his father on 18 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mackenzie Fraser
Lieutenant General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser (1758 – 13 September 1809) was a British General. He was known as ''Mackenzie'' until he took additional name of ''Fraser'' in 1803. Family and early life The family of Fraser of Castle Fraser, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland are descended, on the female side, from the Honorable Sir Simon Fraser of Inverallochy, second son of Simon, eighth Lord Lovat, but on the male side their name is Mackenzie. Military service Educated at Aberdeen University, he was commissioned into the 73rd Regiment of Foot in 1778. He distinguished himself at the Great Siege of Gibraltar. He later served during the American war of Independence where he was wounded, and serving during the British Campaign in Flanders where he temporarily commanded a brigade under Duke of York. He participated in the Cape of Good Hope expedition in 1796, and served in India from 1796 to 1800. From 1803 to 1805 he was assigned to the Home Staff, temporary commanding one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Fraser
Castle Fraser is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in Scotland and one of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. The castle stands in over of landscaped grounds, woodland and farmland which includes a walled kitchen garden of the 19th century. There is archaeological evidence of an older square tower dating from around 1400 or 1500 within the current construction. The castle is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. Construction Originally known as ''Muchall-in-Mar'', construction of the elaborate, five-storey Z-plan castle was begun in 1575 by the 6th Laird of Fraser, Michael Fraser, on the basis of an earlier tower, and was completed in 1636. A panel on the northern side of the castle is signed ''"I Bel"'', believed to be the mark of the master mason John Bell of Midmar, the castle is a joint creation over several decades with anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mackenzie Fraser
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
