George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale
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George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (1753 – 9 August 1804) was a Scottish peer
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Hay was a great-grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale
and in 1787, he inherited the titles of his first cousin once-removed
, the 6th Marquess. He then became a Burgess of Edinburgh
a year later and then Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire in 1794 and a Scottish representative peer in 1796. On 18 April 1785, he had married Lady Hannah Maitland (a daughter of the 7th Earl of Lauderdale
) and they had (with two other unmarried daughters):
As a result of the marquess's declining health, he and his wife went to travel the Continent
in 1802, starting in France
. It was here that they were captured by Napoleon's
police a year later, with other British subjects, when war was renewed between the two countries. They were then imprisoned in the fortress at Verdun
and the marchioness died there on 8 May 1804, as did the marquess in the following August.
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
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Hay was a great-grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale was a Scottish nobleman.Hay was the eldest son of John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and his wife, Jean, daughter of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch. In 1666, at Highgate in London, he married Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of John Maitland, 1st Duke of...
and in 1787, he inherited the titles of his first cousin once-removed
Cousin chart
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, the 6th Marquess. He then became a Burgess of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
a year later and then Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire in 1794 and a Scottish representative peer in 1796. On 18 April 1785, he had married Lady Hannah Maitland (a daughter of the 7th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale , and was one of the sixteen representative peers for Scotland in the House of Lords....
) and they had (with two other unmarried daughters):
- George, Earl of GiffordGeorge Hay, 8th Marquess of TweeddaleField Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB was a Scottish soldier and administrator.-Military career:...
(1787–1876) - Lord James (1788–1862), army general, married Elizabeth Forbes.
- Lord John (1793–1851), rear-admiral, married Mary Cameron.
- Lord Edward George (1799–1862), colonel, died unmarried.
- Lord Thomas (1800–1890), religious minister, married Harriet Kinloch.
- Lady Julia Tomasina (d. 1835), married the 1st Baron BroughtonJohn Hobhouse, 1st Baron BroughtonJohn Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton GCB, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and memoirist.-Background and education:...
. - Ladu Elizabeth (d. 1868), married James Hope-Vere (a great-grandson of the 1st Earl of HopetounCharles Hope, 1st Earl of HopetounCharles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun KT was a Scottish nobleman.He was the son of John Hope of Hopetoun, grandson of Sir Thomas Hope, 1st Baronet of Craighall, Fife. John Hope purchased the barony of Niddry Castle from the Earl of Winton around 1680...
). - Lady Dorothea Frances (d. 1875), married John Ley.
- Lady Hannah Charlotte (d. 1876), married John Tharp (a grandson of the 4th Earl of DunmoreJohn Murray, 4th Earl of DunmoreJohn Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine . He is best remembered as the last royal governor of the Colony of Virginia.John was the eldest son of William and Catherine Murray, and nephew...
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As a result of the marquess's declining health, he and his wife went to travel the Continent
Europe
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in 1802, starting in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was here that they were captured by Napoleon's
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
police a year later, with other British subjects, when war was renewed between the two countries. They were then imprisoned in the fortress at Verdun
Verdun
Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is the slightly smaller city of Bar-le-Duc.- History :...
and the marchioness died there on 8 May 1804, as did the marquess in the following August.