Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet
Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE FSA (3 August 1788 – 1 November 1838) was a British baronet and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire from 1831 to 1837.
He was the son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE (1755-1830), banker and landowner, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes. His brother-in-law was the banker, George Forbes FRSE (1790-1857).
He trained as an advocate and passed the Scottish bar in 1811.
In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being George Forbes.[1]
In 1821 he married Ann Preston (d.1862). They had no children.[2]
References
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^ http://thepeerage.com/p66720.htm
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Hay
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir George Montgomery, Bt | Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire 1831–1837 | Succeeded by William Forbes Mackenzie |
Baronetage of Nova Scotia | ||
| Preceded by John Hay | Baronet (of Smithfield and Haystoun) 1830–1838 | Succeeded by Adam Hay |
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