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)
- 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)
- John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale (1593-1653)
- John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (1626–1697) ( raised to Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694 )
Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)
- John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (1626–1697)
- John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1645-1713),
- Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1670-1715)
- John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695–1762)
- George Hay, 5th Marquess of Tweeddale (1758-1770)
- George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (1700–1787)
- George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753-1804)
- George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1787–1876)
- Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1824–1878)
- William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911)
- William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884–1967)
- David George Montagu Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979)
- Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (1947-2005)
- Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (* 1947)
Heir Presumptive is Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale (* 1955), the younger brother of the current Marquess of Tweeddale.
literature
- James Taylor: The Hays of Tweeddale. The Great Historic Families of Scotland . 1887.
- Charles Kidd, Christine Shaw, ML Bierbrier, et al. (Ed.): Tweedale, Marquess of (Hay) (Marquess S 1694) . In: Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. Pp. 1421-1423, November 2007, ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5 . (Online on Exact Editions )
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Tweeddale, Marquess of (S, 1694) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Tweeddale, Earl of (S, 1646) at Cracroft's Peerage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord William Hay in the Hansard (English)
- ^ Who's Who 2010 (A&C Black) , Retrieved February 25, 2010.