Saturday 30 November 2013
334 George Hay aka Earl of Gifford
Constituency : Totnes 1855-62
George was the son and heir of the Marquess of Tweeddale. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He was a captain in the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry. In 1854 he became private secretary to the Peelite Lord Newcastle then Secretary of War. He entered Parliament the following year.
In 1862 George was involved in a serious accident with a falling tree at Yester Castle. When it became clear his condition was mortal the poet and author Helen Blackwood agreed to marry him after refusing previous proposals. He died two months after the wedding aged 40.
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