William Hay, 6th Earl of Kinnoull

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Died10 May 1709
Nationality Scottish

William Thomas Hay, 6th Earl of Kinnoull (died 10 May 1709) was a Scottish peer. His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland.

Biography

He was the second son of the William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull and his second wife, Catherine, eldest daughter and heir of Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. [1]

He entered Scottish College, Douai on 3 June 1685 and inherited the earldom in 1687 after the death of his older brother, George Hay. The earl was a supporter of King James II and VII, and followed him to exile in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He resigned his titles but they were restored on 29 February 1704, by Queen Anne, with remainder to his cousin, Viscount Dupplin. [2]

Upon his death on 10 May 1709, unmarried, the titles passed to his cousin Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull. [3]

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References

  1. James Balfour Paul (1908). The Scots Peerage. D. Douglas. p. 229.
  2. "The Hays of Erroll (Kinnoull branch)". The Spectator . 38: 640. 10 June 1865.
  3. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 42. Henry Colburn. 1880. p. 708.
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
George Hay
Earl of Kinnoull
16871709
Succeeded by
Thomas Hay