Name George 12th Died January 30, 1897 | Coronation date 1866 Deposed date 1897 | |
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Full Name George Hay-Drummond Born 16 July 1827 ( 1827-07-16 ) Spouse(s) Emily Somerset (m. 1848) Parents Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull Grandparents Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull People also search for Thomas Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull | ||
George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull (16 July 1827 – 30 January 1897), styled as Viscount Dupplin until 1866, was a Scottish peer 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.
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.
He served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire.
The Earl and Countess had nine children:
- 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:
- Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
- Lady Constance Blanche Louisa (born 15 August 1851), married cricketer Walter Hadow
- Hon. Francis George Hay (29 May 1853 – 11 September 1884)
- Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull (20 June 1855 – 7 February 1916)
- Capt. Hon. Alistair George Hay (18 April 1861 – 15 April 1929), married Camilla, daughter of Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville
- Hon. Claude George Drummond Hay (24 June 1862 – 24 October 1920)
- Lady Muriel Henrietta Constance (14 August 1863 – 2 January 1927), married Count Alexander Münster
- Lady Celia Evangeline Constance (9 June 1857 – 18 May 1868)