Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull

Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC (4 July 1710 – 27 September 1787) was a Scottish peer and British politician.

Hay was elected for Scarborough in 1736, but his election was overturned on petition. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge from 1741 until 1758. He served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1754 to 1755, as joint Paymaster of the Forces from 1755 until 1757, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1758 to 1762 and was Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1765 to 1787.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Gilbert Affleck	Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1741–1758 With: James Martin 1741–1744 Christopher Jeaffreson 1744–1747, 1748–1749 Samuel Shepheard 1747–1748 Charles Sloane Cadogan 1749–1754, 1755–1758 Hon. Thomas Bromley 1754–1755	Succeeded by Charles Sloane Cadogan Soame Jenyns
Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Edgcumbe	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1758–1762	Succeeded by James Stanley
Academic offices
Preceded by The Duke of Cumberland	Chancellor of the University of St Andrews 1765–1787	Succeeded by The Viscount Melville
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by George Henry Hay	Earl of Kinnoull 1758–1787	Succeeded by Robert Hay-Drummond