Adam Hay (Peeblesshire MP)

Adam Hay
Member of Parliament
for Peeblesshire
In office
1767–1768
Preceded byJohn Dickson
Succeeded byJames William Montgomery
Member of Parliament
for Peeblesshire
In office
June 1775 – November 1775
Preceded byJames William Montgomery
Succeeded bySir Robert Murray Keith
For other people named Adam Hay, see Adam Hay (disambiguation).

Adam Hay (after 1684 – 15 November 1775)[1] was a Scottish officer in the British Army[2] and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1767 and 1775.

He was the second surviving of John Hay of Haystoun, sheriff-depute of Peebles. His first marriage was to a Miss Britland of Nottingham. His second wife was Caroline Lucy Harpur, the daughter of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet and brother of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet.[2]

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peeblesshire from 1767 to 1768, and from June 1775 until his death in November that year. He was buried on 25 November 1775 at Calke, Derbyshire, the home of his second wife Caroline Lucy Harpur [2]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference histparl-adam-hay-d1755 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).