John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale ( 1645 - 1713 )

Birth: 1645 Death: Devonport Dockyard, Devonport (20 April 1713) Burial: Yester Career: Colonel of the Militia Regiment of Foot in Co Haddington (1668-1674), Linlithgow and Peebles (1682); Burgess of Edinburgh (1668); Commissioner for the Borders (1672-1684); Commissioner of Supply for Haddington (1678, 1685, 1690, 1704), Peebles (1678, 1685), Edinburgh (1690, 1704), Fife (1695, 1704), Berwick (1704); Colonel of the East Lothian Regiment (1685); Captain of the Militia Horse for Haddington and Berwick (1689); Privy Councillor (Scotland) (1689); Sheriff of Haddington (1694-1713); Commissioner of the Admiralty (Scotland) (1695); High Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament (1704); Lord High Chancellor (1705-1706); chosen one of the 16 representative Scottish peers (1707); died suddenly of apoplexy Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/05/1666 Proposers: Sir Robert Moray.