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William Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull

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Nationality
  
British

Name
  
Arthur 15th

Political party
  
Conservative Party

Occupation
  
farmer, politician

Died
  
June 7, 2013

Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull
Full Name
  
Arthur William George Patrick Hay

Born
  
26 May 1935 (
1935-05-26
)

Spouse(s)
  
Ann Gay Lowson (m. 1961)

Parents
  
George Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull

Children
  
Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull

Arthur William George Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull (26 May 1935 – 7 June 2013), styled as Viscount Dupplin until age 3, was a hereditary peer, surveyor, farmer, and member of the House of Lords. 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

Known as William, the 15th earl was born in 1935, the third born but first surviving son of the 14th earl and his second wife, Mary Ethel Isobel, daughter of Dr. Ferdinand Richard Holmes Meyrick and Kate Meyrick. At age 3, he succeeded his father in the earldom upon the latter's death at aged 35, of an unspecified illness.

He was educated at Eton College and Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. At age 22, he took his place in the House of Lords.

He was the junior conservative whip in the House of Lords in 1966-68 and opposition party spokesman on aviation. He was also an assembly member of the Council of Europe, working at cooperation on fishing and agriculture; president of the National Council on Inland Transport, and vice-president of the National Association of Local Councils.

He worked for Langley Taylor Surveyors in London, where he was a senior partner for more than 30 years, and was a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He was also an active sportsman, playing squash and tennis, and was a member of the Royal Company of Archers.

The family residence was Pitkindie House in Perthshire, where he ran the farm.

He married Ann Gay Lowson, daughter of Sir Denys Lowson, 1st Baronet, on 1 June 1961. They had four children: Charles, Melissa, Iona and Atalanta. Lady Kinnoull died in 2016.

References

William Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull Wikipedia