Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet

For other people named Adam Hay, see Adam Hay (disambiguation).

Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (14 December 1795 – 18 January 1867)[1] was a Scottish baronet and politician.

Early life

Hay was born on 14 December 1795 at Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the younger son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE (1755–1830), banker and landowner, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes. He was the brother of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet, whom he succeeded in the family baronetcy,[2] and his uncle was the banker, George Forbes FRSE.[3]

Career

Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark Burghs from 1826 to 1830.[2]

Personal life

On 23 March 1823, he married Henrietta Callender Grant, a daughter of William Grant and Dorothea Dalrymple. Her sister, Louisa Grant, was the wife of the Hon. William Keith-Falconer (younger son of the 6th Earl of Kintore).[4] Together, Adam and Henrietta lived at 12 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh's West End,[5] and were the parents of several children, including:

• Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet (1825–1885), who married Sarah "Sally" Duncan,[6] a daughter of Alexander Duncan.[7] Her brother was W. Butler Duncan, a prominent banker and railroad executive.[8][9][10]
• Dorothea Hay (c. 1828–1923), who married Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield.[3]
• Louisa Grace Hay (c. 1831–1883), who married, as his second wife, Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe Murray, son of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie.[11]

Upon his death on 18 January 1867 at Cannes, France, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Robert.[6] He is buried at the Cross Kirk, Peebles in an enclosed area on its south side.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "H" (part 2)
2. Fisher, David R. (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "HAY, Adam (1795-1867)". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
3. Lodge, Edmund (1901). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility. Hurst and Blackett Limited. p. 924. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
4. Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage (knightage & Companionage) of the British Empire. Hurst & Blackett. 1861. p. 342. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
5. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1850-51
6. "DOWAGER LADY HAY DEAD.; Widow of Sir Robert Hay, Bart., and Sister of William Butler Duncan". The New York Times. 2 February 1910. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
7. Whyte, Donald, ed. (2009) [1972]. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A., Volume 1. Genealogical Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0806348179.
8. "W. Butler Duncan, Old New Yorker, Dead at 82". The New York Sun. 21 June 1912. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
9. "William Butler Duncan Papers". Mystic Seaport. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
10. "Wm. Butler Duncan Dies in 82d Year" (PDF). The New York Times. 21 June 1912. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
11. Cokayne, George Edward (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. 6. Gordon to Hustpierpoint. St. Catherine Press, Limited. p. 49. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Adam Hay

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Monteith	Member of Parliament for Lanark Burghs 1826 – 1830	Succeeded by Henry Monteith
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by John Hay	Baronet (of Smithfield and Haystoun) 1838 – 1867	Succeeded by Robert Hay