Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale

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Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (born August 6, 1947 - February 1, 2005 ) was a Scottish peer who was best known for his speech in the House of Lords debate of October 1996 on the Bosnian War .

Life and origin

Edward Douglas John Hay was born the elder of twin sons. He attended Milton Abbey School and studied at Trinity College, Oxford (BA Hons). He became an insurance broker before succeeding his father as a marquess.

Tweeddale is descended from George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale , the common ancestor of all subsequent holders of the title. Together with the Marquessat and its subordinate title, he also inherited the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline in 1979 .

Lord Tweeddale died on February 1, 2005 at the age of 57. His twin brother David Hay inherited his title .

Membership in the House of Lords

With inheritance of the title of Marquess of Tweeddale, Hay became an official member of the House of Lords on January 23, 1979 . He was a formal member of the House of Lords from January 23, 1979 to November 11, 1999. In the upper house he was a crossbencher . He gave his inaugural address on April 1, 1980 as part of a debate on conscription . He rarely spoke up in the House of Lords. A total of 40 verbal contributions by Hay between April 1980 and July 1997 are documented in the Hansard .

He achieved temporary prominence during the October 28, 1996 debate on the Bosnian War and a subsequent letter to the Times on the subject. In his speech, Hay expressed skepticism about the Dayton Agreement and doubted whether the Dayton Agreement contained realistic prospects for long-term peace. He stressed that he did not share the British government's optimism that the agreement would pacify Bosnia permanently ; for him, the Muslim Bosnians are the losers.

In the 1997/1998 session, he was present on 112 days out of 228 session days. On July 18, 1997, he answered a question in Turkey: Human Rights Debate on the human rights situation in Turkey for the last time. Hay asked his previous speaker, Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton , why it might be desirable for Turkey to become a member of the European Community .

Through the House of Lords Act 1999 he lost his seat. He did not run for one of the remaining seats.

family

The Hays of Yester may have been related to the Earls of Erroll , who held high ceremonial offices in the Scottish Crown. The 13th Marquess is a descendant of King Charles II through his maternal grandmother, Lady Joan Capel, later Viscountess Ingleby .

The 13th Marquess was the eldest of 5 sons of David Hay, the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979) and his first son (and older twin son) from his marriage to his first wife, the Hon. Sonia Peake, daughter of Osbert Peake, 1. Viscount Ingleby . He died unmarried. His twin brother Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale, inherited his title, one of the few such cases. The next heir in the line of succession is Alaistar Hay, Master of Tweeddale, the youngest brother of the two twins and thus Heir Presumptive .

Since none of the three brothers (of the sons from the first marriage of the 12th Marquess) is married, the next in the line of succession are their two half-brothers from the second marriage of the father.

Succession of twin brothers as peers

The 13th Marquess was one of the few British peers whose title was inherited by a younger twin brother. This already occurred with John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855-1928), whose title in 1928 the younger twin brother as Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (1855-1929) inherited. Arthur Holland-Hibbert, 3rd Viscount Knutsford (1855-1935) also succeeded an older twin, Sydney Holland, 2nd Viscount Knutsford (1855-1931) on July 27, 1931.

Although Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow and John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon (previously Lord John Hope) were twins, both were inherited by their sons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale on thepeerage.com , accessed September 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ King James VI & I files entry on Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site , accessed January 16, 2015
  3. ^ NATIONAL SERVICE Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of April 1, 1980.
  4. ↑ Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech Request from Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale. Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of October 28, 1996, accessed January 16, 2015
  5. ↑ a b Turkey: Human Rights minutes of the House of Lords meeting of July 18, 1997.
  6. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed January 17, 2015
  7. ^ Hays of Yester website from Stirnet.com , accessed January 16, 2015
  8. ↑ Hay earls of Erroll website Stirnet.com , accessed on January 16, 2015
predecessor Office successor
David Hay Marquess of Tweeddale
1979-2005 		Charles Hay
personal data
SURNAME Hay, Edward, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tweeddale, Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1947
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2005