Marquess of Tweeddale

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Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled Tweedale) 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),<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland.<ref name="ww">Template:Citation (Subscription or library card required for online edition.)</ref> As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords. The Marquess's eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.

Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.<ref name="ww" />

The family seat was Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland.

Lords Hay of Yester (1488)

Earls of Tweeddale (1646)

Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)

Present peer

Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (born 6 August 1947) is the son of the 12th Marquess and his wife Sonia Mary Peake, daughter of Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby and Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell. He was educated at Milton Abbey School and Trinity College, Oxford. In February 2005 he succeeded as Marquess of Tweeddale (1694), Earl of Tweeddale (1646), Baron Tweeddale of Yester (1881), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), and Lord Hay of Yester (1488).<ref name=BP2003>Burke's Peerage, volume 3 (2003), p. 3965</ref>

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Lord Alistair Hay (b. 1955), whose heir presumptive is his half-brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959), whose heir apparent is his son Angus David George Hay (b. 1991).<ref name=BP2003/>

Coat of Arms

  • Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
    Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
  • Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
    Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
  • Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale
    Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale

Family tree and succession

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  • George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753–1804)
    • George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1787–1876)
      • Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1824–1878)
      • William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911)
        • William Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884–1967)
        • Lord Edward Douglas John Hay (1888–1944)
          • David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979)
            • Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (1947–2005)
            • Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (b. 1947)
            • (1). Alistair James Montagu Hay (b. 1955)Template:Refn
            • (2). Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959)
              • (3). Angus David George Hay (b. 1991)
                • (4). Hamish Andrew George Hay (b. 2022)
              • (5). Rory Edward Hamish Hay (b. 1993)
            • (6). Lord Hamish David Montagu Hay (b. 1959)
    • Lord James Hay (1788–1862)
      • James Gordon Hay (1815–1883)
        • Malcolm Vivian Hay of Seaton (1881–1962)
          • James Malcolm Hay of Seaton (1907–1987)
            • male issue and descendants in remainder
          • Peter Brian Hay (1918–2004)
            • male issue in remainder
        • Cuthbert Joseph Hay (1882–1970)
          • Ronald Cuthbert Hay (1916–2001)
            • male issue and descendants in remainder
          • John Malcolm Hay (1918–201?)
            • male issue and descendants in remainder

There are further heirs to the marquessate descended from the first Earl of Tweeddale. Template:Tree list/end Template:Collapse bottom

Notes

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See also

References

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Further reading

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