Sir Robert Hay, 8th Baronet

[1] Among his surviving siblings were Dorothea Hay (wife of Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield)[2] and Louisa Grace Hay (second wife of Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe Murray, son of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie).

His seat was Kings Meadow, Haystown, Peebles (and he entailed the estates),[5] and he was a member of the Carlton and Marlborough Clubs.

[6] Sir Robert served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for Peeblesshire, and a Major in the Midlothian Rifle Volunteers.

Her father was originally from Parkhill Arbroath, Scotland but moved to America, attended Yale University, and settled in Providence, Rhode Island.

[9][10][11] Before his death in 1885, they were the parents of:[6] Sir Robert died on 30 May 1885, at age 60, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, John.