Family and Education
b. 23 June 1689, Parish registers of Cannongate Church, Edinburgh, 1564-1872 microfilm in the New Register House, Edinburgh. s. and h. Thomas Hay, later 7th earl of Kinnoull [S], and Margaret (d.1696), da. of William Drummond, visct. of Strathallan [S]. educ. privately. m. 11 Aug. 1709 (with £6,000), Add. 70266, Abigail Harley’s release. Abigail (d.1750), da. Robert Harley, later earl of Oxford, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. Collins, Peerage (1812), vii. 210. d. 29 July 1758; will 26 Nov. 1754, pr. 11 Aug. 1758. TNA, PROB 11/839.
Offices Held

Commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711.W. Pittis, History of the Present Parl. (1711), 349.

Teller of the Exch. 1711 – 15.

Amb. to Turkey 1729 – 34.

FRS 1712.

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