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{{Short description|Scottish peerage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Marquessate of Tweeddale 
| image             = File:Coat of arms of the marquess of Tweeddale.png 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = '''''Arms:''' Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, three Escutcheons Gules <small>(Hay)</small>; 2nd, Gules, three Bars Ermine <small>(Gifford)</small>; 3rd, Azure, three Cinquefoils Argent <small>(Fraser)</small>. '''Crest:''' A Goat's Head erased Argent, armed Or. '''Supporters:''' On either side a Buck proper, attired and unguled Or, each gorged with a Collar Azure, charged with three Cinquefoils Argent.''
| creation_date     = 17 December 1694 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[Mary II]] & [[William III of England|William II]]
| peerage           = [[Peerage of Scotland]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
| heir_apparent     =  
| heir_presumptive  = [[Alistair Hay|Lord Alistair Hay, Master of Tweeddale]] 
|remainder_to=The 1st Marquess' [[heirs male]] whatsoever| subsidiary_titles = {{plainlist|
* Earl of Tweeddale
* Earl of Gifford
* Viscount of Walden
* Lord Hay of Yester
* Baron Tweeddale (United Kingdom)
}} 
| status            = Extant 
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       =  
| former_seat       = [[Yester House]] 
| motto             = '''SPAIR NOUGHT''' 
| footnotes         =  
}}

'''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>{{London Gazette |issue=25021 |date=30 September 1881 |page=4891}}</ref> all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland.<ref name="ww">{{Citation|title=TWEEDDALE 14th Marquis of|work=[[Who's Who]] 2010|publisher=A & C Black|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U45866|access-date=25 Feb 2010}} (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|Gifford]], [[East Lothian]], Scotland.

==Lords Hay of Yester (1488)==
*[[John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester]] (c. 1450–1508)
*[[John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester]] (k. [[Battle of Flodden]] 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, 1st Earl of Tweeddale|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, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale|John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale]] (1626–1697) (created '''Marquess of Tweeddale''' in 1694)

==Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)==
*[[John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale]], 2nd Earl of Tweeddale, 1st Earl of Gifford, 1st Viscount Walden (1626–1697)
*[[John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale]], 3rd Earl of Tweeddale, 2nd Earl of Gifford, 2nd Viscount Walden (1645–1713)
*[[Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale]], 4th Earl of Tweeddale, 3rd Earl of Gifford, 3rd Viscount Walden (1670–1715)
*[[John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 5th Earl of Tweeddale, 4th Earl of Gifford, 4th Viscount Walden (1695–1762)
*[[George Hay, 5th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 6th Earl of Tweeddale, 5th Earl of Gifford, 5th Viscount Walden (1758–1770)
*[[George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 7th Earl of Tweeddale, 6th Earl of Gifford, 6th Viscount Walden (1700–1787)
*[[George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 8th Earl of Tweeddale, 7th Earl of Gifford, 7th Viscount Walden (1753–1804)
*[[George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 9th Earl of Tweeddale, 8th Earl of Gifford, 8th Viscount Walden (1787–1876)
*[[Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 10th Earl of Tweeddale, 9th Earl of Gifford, 9th Viscount Walden (1824–1878)
*[[William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 11th Earl of Tweeddale, 10th Earl of Gifford, 10th Viscount Walden, 1st Baron Tweeddale (1826–1911)
*[[William Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale|William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 12th Earl of Tweeddale, 11th Earl of Gifford, 11th Viscount Walden, 2nd Baron Tweeddale  (1884–1967)
*[[David George Montagu Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 13th Earl of Tweeddale, 12th Earl of Gifford, 12th Viscount Walden, 3rd Baron Tweeddale (1921–1979)
*[[Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale|Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale]], 14th Earl of Tweeddale, 13th Earl of Gifford, 13th Viscount Walden, 4th Baron Tweeddale (1947–2005)
*Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale, 15th Earl of Tweeddale, 14th Earl of Gifford, 14th Viscount Walden, 5th Baron Tweeddale (b. 1947)
==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==
<gallery>
File:Lord Hay of Yester arms.svg|Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
File:Marquess of Tweeddale arms.svg|Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
File:Coat of arms of the marquess of Tweeddale.png|Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale
</gallery>

==Family tree and succession ==
{{Tweeddale family tree}}
{{Collapse top|title={{small|Line of succession (simplified)}}<ref name=DP>{{cite book |year=2019|chapter=Tweeddale, Marquess of |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |publication-date=|pages=3442–3446 |arxiv= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref>}}
{{tree list}}
*[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753–1804)''
**[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1787–1876)''
***[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1824–1878)''
***[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911)''
****[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''William Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884–1967)''
****''[[Lord Edward Hay|Lord Edward Douglas John Hay]] (1888–1944)''
*****[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''David Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale (1921–1979)''
******[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] ''Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (1947–2005)''
******[[Image:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|35px]] '''Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale''' (b. 1947)
******'''(1).''' [[Alistair  Hay|Alistair James Montagu Hay]] (b. 1955){{refn|Does not use his style of ''Lord''.|group= n}}
******'''(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.
{{tree list/end}}
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==Notes==
{{reflist|group=n}}

==See also==
*[[Clan Hay]]
*[[Yester House]]

==References==
<references />

==Further reading==
* {{Citation|chapter=The Hays of Tweeddale|title=The Great Historic Families of Scotland
|first=James|last=Taylor |author-link = James Taylor (Presbyterian minister)|year=1887|chapter-url=http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/families/hays_tweeddale.htm}}.  Online at ''electricscotland.com''.
* {{Citation|pages=1421–1423|work=[[Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage|Peerage & Baronetage]]|title=TWEEDDALE, MARQUESS OF (Hay) (Marquess S 1694). Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess|publisher=[[Debrett's]]|date=November 2007|
isbn=978-1-870520-80-5|editor-last=Kidd|editor-first=Charles|editor2-last=Shaw|editor2-first=Christine|editor3-first=M L|editor3-last=Bierbrier|editor4-first=Lydia|editor4-last=Collins}}.  (Online at [http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/455/525/3731/3/1569?dps= Exact Editions] and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/debretts-peerage-and-baronetage/oclc/507008130?title=&detail=&page=frame&linktype=digitalObject&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com%2Fvol%2F567%26checksum%3Db9f73cc5bd22df9561c2913215026bff Credo Reference]. Subscription or library card required.)

==External links==
*{{Hansard-contribs | lord-william-hay | William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale }}
{{Extant British marquesses}}

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