George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull

The Right Honourable The Earl of Kinnoull
Hay-Drummond coat of arms
Personal details
Born	George Hay-Drummond 16 July 1827
Died	30 January 1897 (aged 69) Newton Abbot, Devon
Spouse(s)	Emily Somerset (m. 1848)

George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull JP DL (16 July 1827 – 30 January 1897), styled as Viscount Dupplin until 1866, was a Scottish earl and cricketer. 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

He was the son of Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull, and Louisa Burton Rowley, daughter of Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet.^[1]

He married Lady Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, and Emily Frances (née Smith), on 20 July 1848. He died on 30 January 1897, aged 69, in Torquay, Devon. He was buried on the afternoon of Saturday, 6 February 1897, within the little private family burying ground in the gardens of Dupplin Castle.^[2]

He served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire.^[3]

The Earl and Countess had nine children:

1. George Robert Hay, Viscount Dupplin (27 May 1849 – 10 March 1886), married Agnes, daughter of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife and Agnes Duff, Countess Fife, died with one daughter:
   1. Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
2. Lady Constance Blanche Louisa (born 15 August 1851), married cricketer Walter Hadow
3. Hon. Francis George Hay (29 May 1853 – 11 September 1884)
4. Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull (20 June 1855 – 7 February 1916)
5. Capt. Hon. Alistair George Hay (18 April 1861 – 15 April 1929), married Camilla, daughter of Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville
6. Hon. Claude George Drummond Hay (24 June 1862 – 24 October 1920)
7. Lady Muriel Henrietta Constance (14 August 1863 – 2 January 1927), married Count Alexander Münster
8. Lady Clelia Evangeline Constance (9 June 1857 – 18 May 1868)

Ancestors

Ancestors of George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull

16. George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull               8. Robert Hay-Drummond, Archbishop of York                       17. Abigail Harley               4. Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull                             18. Peter Auriol               9. Henrietta Auriol                       2. Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull                                   20. Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer               10. Hon. Thomas Harley (Lord Mayor of London)                       21. Martha Morgan               5. Sarah Harley                             22. Edward Bangham               11. Anne Bangham                       1. George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull                                         24. Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley               12. Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet                       25. Arabella Dawson               6. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet                             26. Bartholomew Burton (Governor of the Bank of England)               13. Sarah Burton                       27. Philadelphia Herne               3. Louisa Burton Rowley                                   28. Curtis King               14. Admiral Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet                       29. Mary Barnett               7. Elizabeth King                             30. William Coker               15. Susannah Margaretta Coker                       31. Susanna Saintlo

References

1. James Balfour Paul (1908). The Scots Peerage. D. Douglas. p. 232.
2. The Perthshire Constitutional & Journal, Monday, 8 Feb. 1897: An account of the funeral obsequies at Dupplin of the late Earl of Kinnoull.
3. Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland. S. Low, Marston & Company,. 1901. p. 976.

External links

• The Greatest Cricket Teams that Never Existed by Allen Maslen
• 12th Earl of Kinnoull at ESPNcricinfo.com