Marquess of Tweeddale

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Coat of arms of the Marquess of Tweeddale

Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes Tweedale ) is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

Award and subordinate titles

It was created on December 17, 1694 for John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale of the Clan Hay . Simultaneously with the Marquess title , the subordinate titles Earl of Gifford and Viscount of Walden were created for him . From his father of the same name he had inherited the title Earl of Tweeddale created on December 1, 1646 for this title , along with the subordinate title 9th Lord Hay of Yester , which was created on January 29, 1488 for his ancestor Sir John Hay . All of the above titles belong to the Peerage of Scotland.

The 10th Marquess was also on October 6, 1881 the title of Baron Tweeddale , of Yester in the County of Haddington , bestowed. This title belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and, in contrast to the Scottish titles, was associated with a direct hereditary seat in the British House of Lords .

The eldest son of the respective marquess bears the courtesy title Earl of Gifford as heir apparent .

Lord Tweeddale also holds the hereditary title of Chamberlain of Dunfermline .

The family seat was Yester Castle until 1557 , later Yester House until 1967 , both at Gifford in East Lothian , Scotland.

List of title owners

Lords Hay of Yester (1488)

Coat of arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
  • John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (1450–1508)
  • John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester († 1513)
  • John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester († 1543)
  • John Hay, 4th Lord Hay of Yester († 1557)
  • William Hay, 5th Lord Hay of Yester († 1586)
  • William Hay, 6th Lord Hay of Yester († 1591)
  • James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester († 1609)
  • John Hay, 8th Lord Hay of Yester (1593–1653) ( raised to Earl of Tweeddale in 1646 )

Earls of Tweeddale (1646)

Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)

Heir Presumptive is Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale (* 1955), the younger brother of the current Marquess of Tweeddale.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Lord William Hay in the Hansard (English)
  2. ^ Who's Who 2010 (A&C Black) , Retrieved February 25, 2010.