Marquess of Tweeddale

Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled Tweedale) is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881),[1] all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland.[2] As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords. The Marquess's eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.

Marquessate of Tweeddale
Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, three Escutcheons Gules (Hay); 2nd, Gules, three Bars Ermine (Gifford); 3rd, Azure, three Cinquefoils Argent (Fraser). Crest: A Goat's Head erased Argent, armed Or. Supporters: On either side a Buck proper, attired and unguled Or, each gorged with a Collar Azure, charged with three Cinquefoils Argent.
Creation date17 December 1694
Created byCharles I (for the earldom)
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderJohn Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale
Present holderCharles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
Heir presumptiveThe 1st Marquess' heirs male whatsoever
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Tweeddale
Earl of Gifford
Viscount of Walden
Lord Hay of Yester
Baron Tweeddale (UK)
StatusExtant
Former seat(s)Yester House
MottoSPAIR NOUGHT

Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.[2]

The family seat was Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian.

Lords Hay of Yester (1488)

Earls of Tweeddale (1646)

Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)

Present peer

Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (born 6 August 1947) is the son of the 12th Marquess and his wife Sonia Mary Peake, daughter of Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby and Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell. He was educated at Milton Abbey School and Trinity College, Oxford. In 2003 he was living at 336a Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh. On 1 February 2005 he succeeded as Marquess of Tweeddale (1694), Earl of Tweeddale (1646), Baron Tweeddale of Yester (1881), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), and Lord Hay of Yester (1488).[3]

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Lord Alistair Hay (b. 1955), whose heir presumptive is his half-brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959), whose heir apparent is his son Angus David George Hay (b. 1991).[3]

Coat of Arms
  • Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
    Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
  • Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
    Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
  • Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale
    Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale

Family tree
  1. The line of James Hay (1788–1862) is the next in the line of succession should the male line of the 12th Marquess fail. The current heir male of this line is Malcolm Charles Hay of Seaton (b. 1956)
  2. Andrew Arthur George Hay is second in the line of succession to the Marquessate as his half-brother, Alistair Hay, has no male issue and there is no further male issue from the 12th Marquess's marriage to his first wife.

See also

References
  1. "No. 25021". The London Gazette. 30 September 1881. p. 4891.
  2. "TWEEDDALE 14th Marquis of", Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, retrieved 25 February 2010 (Subscription or library card required for online edition.)
  3. Burke's Peerage, volume 3 (2003), p. 3965

Further reading
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