Hay baronets

The Hay Baronetcy, of Smithfield and Haystoun in the County of Peebles, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 July 1635 for James Hay, Esquire of the Body to King James VI, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever.

A jury assembled at Perth in 1805 decided his claim was valid and in 1806 he matriculated arms as a Baronet in the Lyon Office.

The seventh Baronet married Sarah, daughter of John Cossins by his wife the Hon.

He was by "King Charles III" created a knight and baronet of Nova Scotia in the Jacobite Peerage with remainder to heirs male; this title merged with the 1703 creation in 1825.

It is of vernacular form standing on three sides of a courtyard and dating from around 1500 being built by the Elphinstone family under the name of Henderstoun.

The 10th baronet, Duncan Hay, occupied the house from 1920 but wholly remodelled the interior at that point.