Sir George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull, (1596 – 5 October 1644), styled Lord Kinfauns between 1621 and 1634, was a Scottish peer, military officer, and political official.
Biography
He was the son of
George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull, who was created the
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) ...
by
King Charles in 1633, and Margaret, daughter of
Sir James Halyburton.
He was a member of the
Privy Council, and served as
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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from 1632 to 1635. He was fiercely loyal to as a loyalist to King Charles; he fought in the
English Civil War
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, when he distinguished himself "by unshaken fidelity to his unfortunate sovereign, and gallant and active services as a soldier in his cause."
On the death of his father in 1634 he inherited the lands and
Lordship of Kinfauns succeeding as 7th Lord Kinfauns with ratification of his
infeftment by parliament in 1641.
In 1643, the earl refused to sign the
Solemn League and Covenant
The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War, a theatre of conflict in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. On 17 August ...
.
The earl died in
Whitehall
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, 5 October 1644. He was buried at
Waltham Abbey Church
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in
Essex
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.
Family
His older brother, Sir Peter Hay, died unmarried in 1621, leaving George to succeed to the earldom. In 1622, he married Ann, eldest daughter of
William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. They had six sons and six daughters:
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George Hay, 3rd Earl of Kinnoull
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William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull
# James
# Robert
# Peter, baptized 11 June 1632
# Charles
# Anna
# Margaret
# Mary, married 6 February 1662,
George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal
# Elizabeth
# Jean
# Catherine (11 September 1641 – 11 January 1733)
References
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1596 births
1644 deaths
02
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1639–1641
Officers of the Yeomen of the Guard