Earls of Kinnoull (1633)

1^st Earl of Kinnoull, George Hay, b.1572, a.1633, d.1634

Descended from the same family as the Hays of Erroll, he studied at the Scots College at Douay where his father taught. On his return in 1596, he obtained the position of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King James VI and was in attendance during the events of the Gowrie conspiracy, obtaining some of the Gowrie lands that were forfeited. In 1616 he became Lord Clerk Register and a Lord of Session. He was Lord High Chancellor from 1622 to 1634, being created 1^st Viscount of Dupplin and 1^st Lord Hay of Kinfauns in 1627 and 1^st Earl of Kinnoull in 1633, Kinnoull being an area west of Perth that includes Kinfauns.

2^nd Earl of Kinnoull, George Hay, b.?, a.1634, d.1644

Son of the 1^st Earl and Margaret Haliburton (b.?, d.1633), daughter of Sir James Haliburton of Pitcur. He was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1632 to 1634, a position equivalent to Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

3^rd Earl of Kinnoull, George Hay, b.?, a.1644, d.1650

Son of the 2^nd Earl and Lady Anne Douglas (b.?, d.1667), daughter of William Douglas, 7^th Earl of Morton.

4^th Earl of Kinnoull, William Hay, b.?, a.1650, d.1677

Younger brother of the 3^rd Earl. He was a staunch Royalist and was with Montrose during the ill-fated return to Scotland in 1650 that ended in total defeat at the Battle of Carbisdale. Escaping into the wilds of Assynt with Montrose and others, after three days he was so exhausted that he was left behind without food or shelter and was never found.

5^th Earl of Kinnoull, George Hay, b.?, a.1677, d.1687

Son of the 4^th Earl and Catherine Cecil (b.?, d.c.1683), daughter of Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne.

6^th Earl of Kinnoull, William Hay, b.?, a.1687, d.1709

Younger brother of the 5^th Earl.

7^th Earl of Kinnoull, Thomas Hay, b.?, a.1709, d.1719

With no immediate heir, the title was inherited by a descendant of the 1^st Earl’s older brother Peter Hay (b.?, d.1596). He married Margaret Boyd. Their son Francis Hay (?, d.a.1654) married Janet Halyburton. Their son George Hay (b.?, d.1672) married Marion Nicholson (b.?, d.c.1663), and their son Thomas Hay succeeded as 7^th Earl. He was re-granted as 1^st Viscount of Dupplin in 1697 by King William III and was one of the Commissioners for the Treaty of Union. He was a Representative Peer from 1710 to 1714 but was imprisoned as a suspected Jacobite during the uprising of 1715.

8^th Earl of Kinnoull, George Henry Hay, b.1689, a.1719, d.1758

Son of the 7^th Earl and Margaret Drummond (b.?, d.1695-1696), daughter of William Drummond, 1^st Viscount Strathallan (for whom see the earls of Perth). He was a supporter of his father-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, at Westminster, and was created 1^st Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Hereford in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was temporarily imprisoned for his Jacobite sympathies in 1715 but soon released. From 1729 to 1734 he was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople.

9^th Earl of Kinnoull, Thomas Hay, b.1710, a.1758, d.1787

Son of the 8^th Earl and Abigail Harley (b.?, d.1750), daughter of Sir Robert Harley, 1^st Earl of Oxford. He was a Whig MP for Cambridge from 1741 to 1958 and was a Lord of the Treasury and Joint Paymaster of the Forces before becoming Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (minister without portfolio) from 1758 to 1762.

10^th Earl of Kinnoull, Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, b.1751, a.1787, d.1804

Nephew of the 9^th Earl and son of the Most Reverend Robert Hay-Drummond (b.1711, d.1776) (latterly Archbishop of York) and Henrietta Auriol (b.?, d.1763). He was Lord Lyon King of Arms from 1796 to 1804 and was created a Privy Counsellor in 1798.

11^th Earl of Kinnoull, Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond, b.1785, a.1804, d.1866

Son of the 10^th Earl and Sarah Harley (b.?, d.1837), a grand-daughter of Edward Harley, 3^rd Earl of Oxford. He followed his father as Lord Lyon King of Arms, holding that position until 1806, and was later Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire from 1830 until his death.

12^th Earl of Kinnoull, George Hay-Drummond, b.1827, a.1866, d.1897

Son of the 11^th Earl and Louisa Burton Rowley (b.?, d.1885), daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, 1^st Baronet Rowley of Hill House, Berkshire. He reached the rank of Captain in service of the 1^st Life Guards.

13^th Earl of Kinnoull, Archibald Fitzroy George Hay, b.1855, a.1897, d.1916

Son of the 12^th Earl and Lady Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset (b.?, d.1895), daughter of Henry Somerset, 7^th Duke of Beaufort. He reached the rank of Lieutenant in the Black Watch.

14^th Earl of Kinnoull, George Harley Hay, b.1902, a.1916, d.1938

Grandson of the 13^th Earl and Josephine Maria Hawke (b.?, d.1900), and son of Edmund Alfred Rollo George Hay, Viscount Dupplin (b.1879, d.1903) and Gladys Luz Bacon (b.?, d.1932).

15^th Earl of Kinnoull, Arthur William George Patrick Hay, b.1935, a.1938

Son of the 14^th Earl and Mary Ethel Isobel Meyrick (b.?, d.1938). As well as being 15^th Earl, he is also 15^th Viscount of Dupplin (1633), 9^th Viscount of Dupplin (1697), 15^th Lord Hay of Kinfauns and 8^th Baron Hay of Pedwardine.

The courtesy title for the heir is Viscount Dupplin.

(Last updated: 03/07/2009)