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Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB (1 February 1787 – 10 October 1876) was a British soldier and administrator. He served as a staff officer in the Peninsular War under Arthur Wellesley and was with Wellesley at the Second Battle of Porto when they crossed the Douro river and routed Marshal Soult 's French troops in ...
8 de jun. de 2018 · George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale KT GCB was a Scottish soldier and administrator. He served as a staff officer in the Peninsular War under Arthur Wellesley and was with Wellesley at the Second Battle of Porto when they crossed the Douro river and routed Marshal Soult's French troops in Porto.
George Hay was a soldier, who rose to the rank of Field-Marshal. He was born at Yester, near Gifford in East Lothian. He entered the army in 1804, the same year in which he succeeded to his hereditary title of 8th 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 ...
Recollections of the War of 1812 by George Hay, Eighth Marquis of Tweeddale THE following narrative is taken from the recollections of his military life written by George Hay, eighth Marquis of Tweeddale and later a British field-marshal. These are contained in a manu-script hitherto unpublished, preserved at Yester House, Haddington,
The 6th Marquess (d. 1787) bought Newhall (East Lothian) from the creditors of his cousin John Hay, father of the 5th Marquess, and inherited Linplum (East Lothian) on the death in 1760 of his...
42nd Royal Highland Regiment: Black Watch. Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale KT GCB. George Hay was born on 1 Feb 1787, the eldest son of George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Hannah Maitland (a daughter of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale).
