Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet explained
| Sir John Hay, Bt |
| Parents: | Sir James Hay, 4th Baronet
Dorriel Campbell |
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,[1] 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 Edinburgh University and was a physician in Edinburgh. His sister, Elizabeth Hay, was a noted singer with the Edinburgh Music Society based in St Cecilia's Hall, who married Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet.[2]
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 Baronetage of Nova Scotia 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 James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes and Catherine Innes. Her brother was James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes. Together, they lived at Haystoun, Peebles and were the parents of:[3]
- Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (1788–1838), MP for Peeblesshire who married Ann Preston in 1821.[4]
- Mary Hay (1792–1877), who married her cousin, banker George Forbes, son of Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet, in 1819.[3]
- Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (1795–1867), who married Henrietta Callender Grant, a daughter of William Grant, in 1823.[3]
- Elizabeth Hay (1797–1859), who married Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet, in 1825.[3]
- Grace Hay (1798–1837), who married Mathew Norman Macdonald Hume in 1831.[3]
- Jane Hay (1799–1861), who married Charles Mackenzie Fraser, 10th of Inverallochy and 6th of Castle Fraser, son of Lt.-Gen. Alexander Mackenzie Fraser, 9th of Inverallochy, in 1817.[3]
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, John,[5] who was in 1838 succeeded by his brother, Adam.[6]
Descendants
Through his son Adam, he was a grandfather of Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet,[7] [8] Dorothea Hay (wife of Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield),[5] and Louisa Grace Hay (wife of Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe Murray, son of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie).[9]
Through his daughter Jane, he was a grandfather of Eleanor Jane Mackenzie-Fraser, who married Bishop George Tomlinson in 1855.[10]
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Notes and References
- Book: Lodge . Edmund . The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. With the Arms of the Peers . 1859 . Hurst and Blackett . 710 . 15 February 2024 . en.
- L. G. Pine, editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 99th edition (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1949), page 977.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3795.
- Web site: Fisher . David R. . HAY, Sir John, 6th bt. (1788-1838). . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . . 15 February 2024.
- Book: Lodge . Edmund . The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility . 1901 . Hurst and Blackett Limited . 924 . 14 February 2024 . en.
- Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets . 1888 . Dean and Son . 260 . 14 February 2024 . en.
- Book: A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A., Volume 1 . Donald . Whyte . Genealogical Publishing . 1972 . 2009 . 978-0806348179 . 102.
- News: W. Butler Duncan, Old New Yorker, Dead at 82 . The New York Sun . 21 June 1912 . 28 August 2019.
- Book: Cokayne . George Edward . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. 6. Gordon to Hustpierpoint . 1926 . St. Catherine Press, Limited . 49 . 14 February 2024 . en.
- Book: Baker. Thomas. History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge. 1869. University Press. 975. 6 August 2017. en.
