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Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet

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Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE FSA (3 August 1788 – 1 November 1838) was a British baronet and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire from 1831 to 1837.

He was the son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE (1755-1830), banker and landowner, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes. His brother-in-law was the banker, George Forbes FRSE (1790-1857).

He trained as an advocate and passed the Scottish bar in 1811.

In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being George Forbes.[1]

In 1821 he married Ann Preston (d.1862). They had no children.[2]

References

  1. ^ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ^ http://thepeerage.com/p66720.htm
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire
1831–1837
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
John Hay
Baronet
(of Smithfield and Haystoun)
1830–1838
Succeeded by