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George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull

1902 – 1938

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Lived 1902 – 1938 (aged 35). George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull was a British.

George Harley Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull (30 March 1902 – 19 March 1938), styled as Viscount Dupplin from 1903 to 1916, was a Scottish peer. His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain.

Biography Hay was the son of Edmund Alfred Rollo George, Viscount Dupplin (12 November 1879 – 30 May 1903) and Gladys Luz Bacon, granddaughter of Major-General Anthony Bacon and Lady Charlotte Harley. His father died in 1903 of scarlet fever. He had been visiting Sir Edward Hamilton of Iping when he fell ill.

Hay was educated at Eton College, and succeeded to the earldom in 1916 on the death of his grandfather, Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull.

He entered the House of Lords as a Conservative, but in 1930 joined the Labour Party. Although he stated "I personally entirely disagree with the principle of hereditary legislators", and favoured abolition of the House of Lords "in its present form", he rarely missed a debate. In June 1933, it was stated that Lord Hay had not missed a session for the preceding 12 months, and overall had an overall attendance rate of 97%.

He was married twice; the first, in 1923, to Enid Margaret Hamlyn Hamilton-Fellowes, a granddaughter of Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet. They had one son:

George Adam, Lord Hay of Kinfauns (November 1924 – March 1925), died of meningitis.

They were divorced in 1927. He later married Mary Ethel Isobel, daughter of Dr. Ferdinand R. Meyrick and famed nightclub owner Kate Meyrick, and had four children: George Robert, Lord Hay of Kinfauns (9–19 May 1931) Lady June Ann (1932-2002), married Cranley Onslow William Hay (1935–2013)

He died at a London nursing home, of an unspecified lengthy illness (later reported as pancreatic cancer), at age 35. The earldom passed to his only living son, William.

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Education
Eton College
Also known as
George Harley Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin

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Child
Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull

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Who was George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull?

Scottish lord

When was George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull born?

George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull was born on 30 March 1902 in London.

When did George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull die?

George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull died on 19 March 1938 in London.

What nationality was George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull?

George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull was British.

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· Wikipedia: George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull

· Wikidata: Q19874919

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