John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale 1625-1697

On 5th April 1624 [his father] John Hay 1st Earl Tweeddale [aged 31] and [his mother] Jean Seton [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Lord Hay of Yester. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Alexander Seton 1st Earl Dunfermline and [his grandmother] Grizel Leslie Countess Dunfermline. They were third cousins.

Around 13th August 1625 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale was born to John Hay 1st Earl Tweeddale [aged 32] and Jean Seton [aged 19] at Yester.

On 21st August 1625 [his mother] Jean Seton [aged 19] died.

Before 1645 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 19] and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale were married. She the daughter of Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch and Mary Hay Countess Buccleuch. He the son of John Hay 1st Earl Tweeddale [aged 51] and Jean Seton. They were half third cousin once removed.

In 1645 [his son] John Hay 2nd Marquess Tweeddale was born to John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 19] and [his wife] Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. He married 1666 Mary Maitland Marchioness Tweddale, daughter of John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale and Anne Home, and had issue.

On 1st December 1646 [his father] John Hay 1st Earl Tweeddale [aged 53] was created 1st Earl Tweeddale.

On 25th May 1653 [his father] John Hay 1st Earl Tweeddale [aged 60] died. His son John [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Earl Tweeddale. [his wife] Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale by marriage Countess Tweeddale.

In 1656 [his son] David Hay was born to John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 30] and [his wife] Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. He married before 1737 Rachel Hayes, daughter of James Hayes and Rachel Hungerford Viscountess Falkland.

In 1660 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 34] was imprisoned for supporting James Guthrie the Scottish Presbyterian minister who was exempted from the general pardon at the restoration of the monarchy and hanged in Edinburgh 01 Jun 1661.

In 1663 [his son] Alexander Hay was born to John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 37] and [his wife] Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale.

In 1663 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 37] was appointed Lord President of the Scottish Council.

In 1664 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 38] was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1664 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 38] was appointed Extraordinary Lord of Session.

John Evelyn's Diary. 4th March 1664. Came to dine with me the Earl of Lauderdale [aged 47], his Majesty's [aged 33] great favorite, and Secretary of Scotland; the Earl of Teviot [aged 38]; my Lord Viscount Brouncker [aged 53], President of the Royal Society; Dr. Wilkins [aged 50], Dean of Ripon; Sir Robert Murray [aged 56], and Mr. Hooke [aged 28], Curator to the Society.

In 1666 John Hay 2nd Marquess Tweeddale [aged 21] and Mary Maitland Marchioness Tweddale were married. She the daughter of John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale [aged 49] and Anne Home [aged 54]. He the son of John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 40] and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale.

On 10th October 1675 [his son-in-law] Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe [aged 17] and Margaret Hay Countess Roxburghe were married. She by marriage Countess Roxburghe. She the daughter of John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 50] and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. He the son of William Ker 2nd Earl Roxburghe and Jane Ker Countess Roxburgh. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1689 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 63] was appointed Privy Council.

In 1692 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 66] was appointed Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

In 1694 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 68] was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland.

In 1694 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 68] was created 1st Marquess Tweeddale. [his wife] Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale by marriage Marchioness Tweeddale.

Before 1st August 1696 [his son-in-law] William Douglas 1st Earl March [aged 26] and Jean Hay Countess March were married. She the daughter of John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 70] and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. He the son of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry. They were fourth cousins.

On 11th August 1697 John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale [aged 71] died at Edinburgh. His son John [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Marquess Tweeddale, 3rd Earl Tweeddale. Mary Maitland Marchioness Tweddale by marriage Marchioness Tweeddale.

Around 1728 William Aikman [aged 45]. Portrait of John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale.

[his daughter] Jean Hay Countess March was born to John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. She married before 1st August 1696 her fourth cousin William Douglas 1st Earl March, son of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry, and had issue.

[his daughter] Margaret Hay Countess Roxburghe was born to John Hay 1st Marquess Tweeddale and Jean Scott Marchioness Tweddale. She married 10th October 1675 her second cousin once removed Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe, son of William Ker 2nd Earl Roxburghe and Jane Ker Countess Roxburgh, and had issue.