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

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and was a physician in Edinburgh. His sister, Elizabeth Hay, was a noted singer with the Edinburgh Music Society based in

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, who married

Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739–1806), also known as William Forbes of Pitsligo, was a Scottish banker, landlord, philanthropist and writer. Life and career He was born in Edinburgh on 5 April 1739. His father Sir William Forbes, 5th ...

.L. G. Pine, editor, ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th edition'' (

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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, married into the Scottish aristocracy in 1785, built a house at Kingsmeadows, Peebles and accumulated much property in the burgh." Upon the death of his father on 21 October 1810, he succeeded as the 5th Baronet Hay, of Smithfield, county Peebles in the

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and was one of the "quiet country gentlemen set" of Edinburgh society.

Personal life

On 9 July 1785, Sir John married Hon. Mary Elizabeth Forbes (d. 1803), daughter of

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and Catherine Innes. Her brother was

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. Together, they lived at Haystoun, Peebles and were the parents of:Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3795. * Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (1788–1838), MP for

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who married Ann Preston in 1821. * Mary Hay (1792–1877), who married her cousin, banker George Forbes, son of

, in 1819. * Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (1795–1867), who married Henrietta Callender Grant, a daughter of William Grant, in 1823. * Elizabeth Hay (1797–1859), who married Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet, son of

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, in 1825. * Grace Hay (1798–1837), who married Mathew Norman Macdonald Hume in 1831. * Jane Hay (1799–1861), who married Charles Mackenzie Fraser, 10th of Inverallochy and 6th of

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, son of Lt.-Gen.

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, 9th of Inverallochy, in 1817. His wife died on 2 November 1803, before he succeeded to the baronetcy. Upon his death in 1830, he was succeeded by his eldest son,

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, who was in 1838 succeeded by his brother,

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Descendants

Through his son Adam, he was a grandfather of Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet, Dorothea Hay (wife of

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 Do ...

), and Louisa Grace Hay (wife of Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe Murray, son of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie). Through his daughter Jane, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Jane Mackenzie-Fraser, who married Bishop George Tomlinson in 1855.

References

External links

Studio of Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., P.R.S.A. Portrait of Sir John Hay (1755-1830), 5th Baronet of Haystoun and Smithfield, bust- length
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