[1] In 1296, Gilbert de Hannethe appears on the Ragman Rolls submitting to Edward I of England.

[1] The Hannays were suspicious of Robert the Bruce's ambitions and instead supported the claim of John Balliol.

[1] Patrick Hannay had a distinguished military career and was patronised by Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James VI of Scotland and sister of Charles I of England.

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[1] The next Baronet was Sir Samuel Hannay, who entered the service of the Habsburg Emperors and built himself a mansion on his family lands.

[1] Sir Samuel died in 1841 and the estate passed to his sister, Mary, and from her to her nephew, William Ransford Hannay, from whom the present chief is descended.