Marquess of Tweeddale
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Marquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland
, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords
. The Marquess' eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.
Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline
.
The heir presumptive
is the present holder's younger brother Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale (b. 1955)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his half brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959) married with two sons.
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
. The Marquess' eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.
Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline
Dunfermline
Dunfermline is a town and former Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to a 2008 estimate, Dunfermline has a population of 46,430, making it the second-biggest settlement in Fife. Part of the town's name comes from the Gaelic word...
.
Lords Hay of Yester (1488)
- John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of YesterJohn Hay, 1st Lord Hay of YesterJohn Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester is the ancestor of the Marquesses of Tweeddale. He was created a Lord of Parliament on 29 January 1488 by James III of Scotland....
(c. 1450–1508)- Thomas Hay, Master of Yester (d. between 1502-1504)
- John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1513)
- John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1543)
- John Hay, 4th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1557)
- William Hay, 5th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1586)
- William Hay, 6th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1591)
- James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1609)
- John Hay, 8th Lord Hay of Yester (1593–1653) (created Earl of Tweeddale in 1646)
Earls of Tweeddale (1646)
- John Hay, 1st Earl of Tweeddale (1593–1653)
- John Hay, 2nd Earl of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 1st Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale was Lord Chancellor of Scotland....
(1626–1697) (created Marquess of Tweeddale in 1694)
Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)
- John Hay, 1st Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 1st Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale was Lord Chancellor of Scotland....
(1626–1697) - John Hay, 2nd Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 2nd Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale was a Scottish nobleman.Hay was the eldest son of John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and his wife, Jean, daughter of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch. In 1666, at Highgate in London, he married Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of John Maitland, 1st Duke of...
(1645–1713) - Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1670–1715)
- John Hay, 4th Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 4th Marquess of TweeddaleJohn Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale PC was a Scottish nobleman.Tweeddale was an able and accomplished statesman, and possessed considerable knowledge of law. He was appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1721, the last person to hold this office. He was one of the Scottish representative...
(1695–1762) - George Hay, 5th Marquess of Tweeddale (1758–1770)
- George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale (1700–1787)
- George Hay, 7th Marquess of TweeddaleGeorge Hay, 7th Marquess of TweeddaleGeorge Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale was a Scottish peer.Hay was a great-grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and in 1787, he inherited the titles of his first cousin once-removed, the 6th Marquess. He then became a Burgess of Edinburgh a year later and then Lord Lieutenant of...
(1753–1804) - George Hay, 8th Marquess of TweeddaleGeorge Hay, 8th Marquess of TweeddaleField Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB was a Scottish soldier and administrator.-Military career:...
(1787–1876)- George Hay, Earl of GiffordGeorge Hay, Earl of GiffordGeorge Hay, Earl of Gifford was a British Liberal Party politician.Lord Gifford was born at Yester House, the eldest son of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and was educated at Trinity College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge...
(1822–1862)
- George Hay, Earl of Gifford
- Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of TweeddaleArthur Hay, 9th Marquess of TweeddaleColonel Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale , known before 1862 as Lord Arthur Hay and between 1862 and 1876 as Viscount Walden, was a Scottish soldier and ornithologist. He was born at Yester, Gifford, East Lothian. He served as a soldier in India and the Crimea. He succeeded his father to the...
(1824–1878) - William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911)
- William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884–1967)
- Lord Hay (1928–1928)
- David George Montagu Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979)
- Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of TweeddaleEdward Hay, 13th Marquess of TweeddaleEdward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale , a Scottish aristocrat best known for his speech in the House of Lords debate on the Bosnian civil war....
(1947–2005) - Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (b. 1947)
The heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
is the present holder's younger brother Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale (b. 1955)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his half brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959) married with two sons.