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b. 1626, 1st s. of John, 8th Lord Hay (from 1646, 1st earl of Tweeddale [S]) and his 1st w. Jean, da. of Alexander Seton, 1st earl of Dunfermline [S]. educ. Edinburgh Univ. bef. 1640. m. 24 Sept. 1644, Jean (d. 1688), da. of Walter Scott, 1st earl of Buccleuch [S], 6s. 2da. suc. fa. 1654. cr. 1st marquess of Tweeddale [S], 17 Dec. 1694. d. 11 Aug. 1697.Scots Peerage, viii. 451-6.
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Military: ?lt.-col. of Haddingtonshire ft. Scottish army, c.Oct. 1645;Govt. of Scot. under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson, 10, 36. col. 4 May 1648 – ?; Forfar ft. 13 Dec. 1650-c.Sept. 1651.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 2, pp. 55, 625.

Local: hereditary sheriff, Peeblesshire 1654–86. 31 Dec. 1655Scots Peerage, viii. 454. Commr. assessment, Edinburgh Shire, Haddingtonshire, Peeblesshire, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 839–41; A. and O. J.p. Edinburgh Shire, Haddingtonshire Jan. 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 312–3; NRS, JP3/2/1, p. 2. Col. militia, Haddingtonshire 29 Apr. 1668.Scots Peerage, viii. 452.

Scottish: commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. PC, 13 July 1661–74, 11 May 1682–1688, 18 May 1689–d. Member, high commn. Jan. 1664–74. Extraordinary ld. of session, 2 June 1664–74.Scots Peerage, viii. 452–3. Commr. for union, 14 Sept. 1670;Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 189n, 194, 202, 204, 205. treasury, c. 1679; coinage, 1682–?88. Ld. of treasury, Dec. 1689–96. Ld. high chan. 5 June 1692–96. High commr. to Scottish Parl. 9 May 1695–96.Scots Peerage, viii. 452–3.

Parlimentarian
HAY, John (1626-97), 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.
: 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1660-5;Scottish NPG. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1678;Floors Castle, Roxburghshire. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1695;Tate. oil on canvas, family group, attrib. J.B. de Medina, c. 1695;Scottish NPG. mezzotint, J. Smith aft. G. Kneller, 1690;BM; NPG. mezzotint, J. Smith aft. G. Kneller, 1695.BM; NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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HAY, John (1626-97), 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.

Will
12 Dec. 1684.NRS, CC8/8/77.
Estates
charter of barony of Lyne and sheriffdom of Peebles, 2 Jan. 1647;Scots Peerage, viii. 454. resignation by 1st earl on favour of his s. of lands of barony of Yester, College of Bathans, Maynes and Belton, Haddingtonshire, Lochquharriott and other Peeblesshire lands, barony of Snaid, Dumfriesshire, and barony of Polgavie, Perthshire, Dec. 1649;NLS, MS 14476, f. 39; MS 14482, ff. 1-2. charter of Yester and Tweeddale lands, 27 May 1650.Scots Peerage, viii. 454. Charter of earldom of Dunfermline (as security for debts), including lands in Morayshire, Aberdeenshire, Fife and Edinburgh Shire, 17 Jan. 1653.NRS, GD28/1656; Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, pp. 40-3. Charter of lands in Wester Maynes or Horsburgh, Peebleshire, 11 Aug. 1656.NRS, GD28/1735; Reg. Gt. Seal. Scot. 1652-9, pp. 233-4. Sold Peeblesshire estates to cover debts, 1686.Scots Peerage, viii. 454.
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