George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull
George Harley Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull (30 March 1902 – 19 March 1938), styled as Viscount Dupplin from 1903 to 1916, was a Scottish peer. His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The Earl of Kinnoull | |
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 Earl of Kinnoull, 1920 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Harley Hay 30 March 1902 |
| Died | 19 March 1938 (aged 35) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Emile Claude Marguerite Hamilton-Fellows
(m. 1923; div. 1927)Mary Meyrick (m. 1928) |
| Children |
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| Parents | Edmund Alfred Rollo George, Viscount Dupplin, Gladys Luz Bacon |
Biography
Hay was the son of Edmund Alfred Rollo George, Viscount Dupplin (12 November 1879 – 30 May 1903) and Gladys Luz Bacon, granddaughter of Major-General Anthony Bacon[1] and Lady Charlotte Harley. His father died in 1903 of scarlet fever. He had been visiting Sir Edward Hamilton of Iping when he fell ill.[2]
Hay was educated at Eton College, and succeeded to the earldom in 1916 on the death of his grandfather, Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull.[3]
He entered the House of Lords as a Conservative, but in 1930 joined the Labour Party. Despite his status as a hereditary peer, he rarely missed a debate. In June 1933, it was stated that Lord Hay had not missed a session for the preceding 12 months, and overall had an overall attendance rate of 97 %.[3]
The earl worked as a stockbroker and for an insurance company for some time. He filed for bankruptcy in 1926, which garnered press coverage.[4][5]
He was married twice; the first, in 1923, to Emile Claude Marguerite Hamilton-Fellowes, a granddaughter of Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet. They had one son, who was born in November 1924 and died the following March. They were divorced in 1927.[6]
He later married Mary Ethel Isobel, daughter of Ferdinand R. Meyrick and famed nightclub owner Kate Meyrick, and had four children:[3]
- Lady Venetia Constance Katherine Luz (born 1929), married Joseph Trevor Davies[7]
- Lord Hay (died as an infant in May 1931)
- Lady June Ann (1932-2002), married Cranley Onslow[8]
- Arthur Hay (1935–2013)
He died at a London nursing home, of an unspecified lengthy illness (later reported as pancreatic cancer), at age 35.[3][9] The earldom passed to his only living son, Arthur.
References
- Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Debrett's. 1902. p. 480.
- "Obituaries". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 June 1903. p. 4.
- "Lord Kinnoull". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 21 March 1938. p. 14.
- "The Earl Of Kinnoull's Examination". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 31 July 1926. p. 41.
- "The Earl Of Kinnoull's Failure". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 18 March 1927. p. 11.
- Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Debrett's. 1985. p. 689.
- "Lady Venetia Constance Katherine Luz Davies". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- "Lady June Ann Onslow (née Hay)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- http://www.clanhay.org/news/obituary-the-earl-of-kinnoull/
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by Archibald Hay |
Earl of Kinnoull 1916–1938 |
Succeeded by Arthur Hay |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Archibald Hay |
Baron Hay of Pedwardine 1916–1938 |
Succeeded by Arthur Hay |