Hay
Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire.
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Photo 2008.
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Sir Thomas Hay,
of Erroll, Perthshire,
mar (charter 1372)
to Elizabeth Stuart
[dau of
Robert II, King of Scotland
and descendant of Henry I]
and had issue:
Sir William Hay,
had issue:
Gilbert Hay,
had issue:
William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll,
mar Beatrice Douglas
[descendant of
Robert II, King of Scotland
and of Henry I],
died 1462,
had issue:
- Isabel Hay,
mar Laurence Oliphant
and had issue.
Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale,
are "probably" related to Hay, Earl of Erroll, above.
Of this family:
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, born 1645,
had issue:
- Lord John Hay, born c.1668,
mar 1stly to Lady Elizabeth Dalzell
[dau of
James Dalzell, 3rd Earl of Carnwath,
NOT Mary, NOT dau of 4th Earl],
he was a Brigadier General
under
Marlborough in
War of the Spanish Succession
(1701–14),
he commanded the famous regiment of dragoons,
afterwards called the Scots Greys,
he founded their reputation,
he fought under Marlborough
at the
Battle of Schellenberg,
Bavaria,
2 July 1704,
and the
Battle of Blenheim, Bavaria, 13 Aug 1704,
mar 2ndly, c.1705,
to Elizabeth Orby,
no issue,
he fought under Marlborough
at the
Battle of Ramillies,
Belgium, 23rd May 1706,
he died of fever at Courtrai,
West Flanders,
NW Belgium,
on French border,
25th Aug 1706
[Burkes Peerage],
or 15 Aug
[DNB],
age c.38 yrs,
this was
during the Siege of Menin
(or Menen), just W of Courtrai, West Flanders, of 1706,
he did NOT die 1715,
see his biography in [DNB],
Elizabeth re-married, 1707, to one of his officers.
Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire.
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