George Hay, 5th Earl of Kinnoull (died 1687) was a

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peer and soldier.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull (died 28 March 1677) was a Scottish peer and soldier, loyal to King Charles I. He escaped twice from Edinburgh Castle. Biography He was the second son of George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull and Ann Douglas, daugh ...

, the fourth

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, and his second wife, Lady Catherine, daughter of

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. His date of birth is not recorded, but his father's first wife died in 1665. He succeeded to the earldom in 1677 after his father's death. He served in the Imperial Army, fighting against the

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. He died, unmarried, in

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a decade later. Upon his death the earldom passed to his younger brother, William Hay.

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