John Hay, 1st Marquis of Tweeddale ( 1626 - 1697 )

Birth: Bothans, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland, Europe (c 13 August 1626) Death: Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe (11 August 1697) Burial: Yester, East Lothian, Scotland, Europe Career: Joined the King's Army at Nottingham (1642); commanded a regiment of Scots opposed to the King at Marston Moor (1644); commanded the East Lothian Regiment on behalf of the King at Preston (1648); present at the coronation of Charles II at Scone (1651); MP for East Lothian (1656-1658, 1659); Privy Councillor (1660-1674, 1682-1696); Commissioner for the plantation of Kirks (1661); Commissioner of Supply for Peebles (1661-1685), Haddington (1661-1690), Edinburgh (1690); imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle (1661) and then confined within three miles of his house at Bothans (1661-1662); President of the Council (1663); Extraordinary Lord of Session (1664-1674); Commissioner of the Borders (1665, 1684); a Lord of the Treasury (1667-1674); Privy Councillor (1669-1674, 1680); dismissed from all his offices (1674) through the influence of the Duke of Lauderdale, his son's father-in-law; Commissioner for trying the state of the coinage and Mint (1682); Member of the Committee for Public Affairs (1684); a Lord of the Articles (1685); Commissioner of the Treasury (1687-1689, 1689-1696); Commissioner to treat of the Union of England and Scotland (1689); High Chancellor of Scotland (1692-1696); Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament at Edinburgh (1695) Honours: Marquis 1694 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 03/02/1664 Proposers: Sir Robert Moray Date of ejection/withdrawal: 22 July 1685 Committee appointments include: Mechanical Committee (1664) Other RSActivity: Admitted on the same day he was elected.