Nationality British Spouse(s) Clare Crawford | Name Charles 16th | |
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Born 20 December 1962 (age 61) ( 1962-12-20 ) Occupation Barrister, investment banker Parents Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull Grandparents George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull | ||
Charles William Harley Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull (born 20 December 1962), styled as Viscount Dupplin until 2013, is a British hereditary peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords.
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Biography
Viscount Dupplin was educated at Eton College and studied chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford. A qualified barrister, he has worked for insurance provider Hiscox for 25 years. He also farms in Perthshire.
He succeeded his father as Earl of Kinnoull following the latter's death on 7 June 2013.
The earl was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election on 4 February 2015, following the resignation of Lady Saltoun of Abernethy.
On 19 March 2015, he made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on a report of the Science & Technology Committee. In June 2015 he was appointed to the Select Committee on Social Mobility. In 2016, he served on the Select Committee on the Trade Union Bill. In May 2016 he was appointed to the Select Committee on the European Union and also the Justice Sub-Committee.[1]
Family
He is the son of the Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull and Ann (née Lowson), daughter of Sir Denys Lowson, 1st Baronet.
In 2002, he married Clare, daughter of the circuit judge William Hamilton Crawford, QC, and his wife, Marilyn Jean Colville. The couple have four children:
Charity
The earl serves as president of the Royal Caledonian Ball Trust, which organises an annual ball to benefit Scottish charities. He is the chairman of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, a wildlife conservation trust. He is also the chair of Culture Perth & Kinross, which is a Trust running the museums and libraries.