Marquess of Tweeddale

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Marquess of Tweeddale is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale.

Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords. The Marquess' eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.

A history of the Hays of Tweeddale appears here.

[edit] Lords Hay of Yester (1488)

  • John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1450-1508)
  • John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1513)
  • John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1543)
  • John Hay, 4th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1557)
  • William Hay, 5th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1586)
  • William Hay, 6th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1591)
  • James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1609)
  • John Hay, 8th Lord Hay of Yester (1593-1653) (became Earl of Tweeddale in 1646)

[edit] Earls of Tweeddale (1646)

[edit] Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)

Heir-presumptive: His brother Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale

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