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.
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.
Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.[2]
Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale, 15th Earl of Tweeddale, 14th Earl of Gifford, 14th Viscount Walden, 5th Baron Tweeddale (b. 1947)
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 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 Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
Arthur Hay (1824–1878) 9th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 10th Earl of Tweeddale, 17th Lord Hay of Yester
William Montagu Hay (1826–1911) 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 11th Earl of Tweeddale, 18th Lord Hay of Yester, 1st Baron Tweeddale
James Gordon Hay (1815–1883)
William George Montagu Hay (1884–1967) 11th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 12th Earl of Tweeddale, 19th Lord Hay of Yester, 2nd Baron Tweeddale
David George Montagu Hay (1921–1979) 12th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 13th Earl of Tweeddale, 20th Lord Hay of Yester, 3rd Baron Tweeddale
Nella Doreen Dutton (d. 2004)
James Malcolm Hay of Seaton (1907–1987)
Edward Douglas John Hay (1947–2005) 13th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 14th Earl of Tweeddale, 21st Lord Hay of Yester, 4th Baron Tweeddale
Charles David Hay (b. 1947) 14th Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, and Viscount Walden, 15th Earl of Tweeddale, 21st Lord Hay of Yester, 5th Baron Tweeddale
^ abThe 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)
^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.
Kidd, Charles; Shaw, Christine; Bierbrier, M L; Collins, Lydia, eds. (November 2007), "TWEEDDALE, MARQUESS OF (Hay) (Marquess S 1694). Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess", Peerage & Baronetage, Debrett's, pp. 1421–1423, ISBN978-1-870520-80-5. (Online at Exact Editions and Credo Reference. Subscription or library card required.)
