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Marquessate of Tweeddale
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Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, three Escutcheons Gules (Hay); 2nd, Gules, three Bars Ermine (Gifford); 3rd, Azure, three Cinquefoils Argent (Fraser). Crest: A Goat's Head erased Argent, armed Or. Supporters: On either side a Buck proper, attired and unguled Or, each gorged with a Collar Azure, charged with three Cinquefoils Argent.
Creation date 17 December 1694
Monarch Charles I (for the earldom)
Peerage Peerage of Scotland
First holder John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale
Present holder Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale
Heir presumptive The 1st Marquess' heirs male whatsoever
Subsidiary titles Earl of Tweeddale
Earl of Gifford
Viscount of Walden
Lord Hay of Yester
Baron Tweeddale (UK)
Status Extant
Former seat(s) Yester House
Motto SPAIR NOUGHT

Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled Tweedale) 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's eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.

Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.

The family seat was Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian.

Lords Hay of Yester (1488)

Earls of Tweeddale (1646)

Marquesses of Tweeddale (1694)

  • John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale, 1st Earl of Gifford, 1st Viscount Walden (1626–1697)
  • John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, 3rd Earl of Tweeddale, 2nd Earl of Gifford, 2nd Viscount Walden (1645–1713)
  • Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale, 4th Earl of Tweeddale, 3rd Earl of Gifford, 3rd Viscount Walden (1670–1715)
  • John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, 5th Earl of Tweeddale, 4th Earl of Gifford, 4th Viscount Walden (1695–1762)
  • George Hay, 5th Marquess of Tweeddale, 6th Earl of Tweeddale, 5th Earl of Gifford, 5th Viscount Walden (1758–1770)
  • George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale, 7th Earl of Tweeddale, 6th Earl of Gifford, 6th Viscount Walden (1700–1787)
  • George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale, 8th Earl of Tweeddale, 7th Earl of Gifford, 7th Viscount Walden (1753–1804)
  • George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, 9th Earl of Tweeddale, 8th Earl of Gifford, 8th Viscount Walden (1787–1876)
  • Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale, 10th Earl of Tweeddale, 9th Earl of Gifford, 9th Viscount Walden (1824–1878)
  • William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, 11th Earl of Tweeddale, 10th Earl of Gifford, 10th Viscount Walden, 1st Baron Tweeddale (1826–1911)
  • William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale, 12th Earl of Tweeddale, 11th Earl of Gifford, 11th Viscount Walden, 2nd Baron Tweeddale (1884–1967)
  • David George Montagu Hay, 12th Marquess of Tweeddale, 13th Earl of Tweeddale, 12th Earl of Gifford, 12th Viscount Walden, 3rd Baron Tweeddale (1921–1979)
  • Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale, 14th Earl of Tweeddale, 13th Earl of Gifford, 13th Viscount Walden, 4th Baron Tweeddale (1947–2005)
  • Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale, 15th Earl of Tweeddale, 14th Earl of Gifford, 14th Viscount Walden, 5th Baron Tweeddale (b. 1947)

Present peer

Charles David Montagu Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale (born 6 August 1947) is the son of the 12th Marquess and his wife Sonia Mary Peake, daughter of Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby and Lady Joan Rachel de Vere Capell. He was educated at Milton Abbey School and Trinity College, Oxford. In 2003 he was living at 336a Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh. On 1 February 2005 he succeeded as Marquess of Tweeddale (1694), Earl of Tweeddale (1646), Baron Tweeddale of Yester (1881), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), and Lord Hay of Yester (1488).

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Lord Alistair Hay (b. 1955), whose heir presumptive is his half-brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959), whose heir apparent is his son Angus David George Hay (b. 1991).

Coat of Arms

  • Lord Hay of Yester arms

    Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester

  • Marquess of Tweeddale arms

    Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale

  • Coat of arms of the marquess of Tweeddale

    Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale

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