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James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll was baptised with the name of James Boyd. He was styled as Lord Boyd between 1728 and
1746. 2 On 1758 his name was legally changed to James Hay. He gained the title of 15th Earl of Erroll on 19 August 1758.
Family 1 Rebecca Lockhart b. before 1734, d. 2 May 1761
Child Mary Hay b. b 1761
Family 2 Isabella Carr b. before 1747, d. 3 November 1808
Children
1. Augusta Hay+ d. 23 Jul 1822
2. George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll b. 13 May 1767, d. 14 Jun 1798
3. William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll+ b. 12 Mar 1772, d. 26 Jan 1819
Family 3 - Child Lady Margaret Hay+ b. b 1778
17. George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1752-53 >
Treasurer of the city, and Lord Provost an unprecedented six times, Drummond laid the
foundation stone of the North Bridge, in his earlier days as an accountant he worked on the
financial details of the Act of Union of 1707.
The prime mover behind the whole campaign of [Edinburgh] civic improvements,
commissioned a design from John Adam, and the Trustees accepted his design but awarded
the building contract to a consortium of Edinburgh tradesmen rather than to the Adams, and
the design was modified before being built
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DRUMMOND, GEORGE, provost of Edinburgh, was born on the 27th of June, 1687. He was
the son of George Drummond of Newton, a branch of the noble family of Perth; and was
educated at the schools of Edinburgh, where he early displayed superior abilities, particularly
in the science of calculation, for which he had a natural predilection, and in which he acquired
an almost unequalled proficiency. Nor was this attainment long of being called into use, and
that on a very momentous occasion; for, when only eighteen years of age, he was requested
by the committee of the Scottish parliament, appointed to examine and settle the national
accounts, preparatory to the legislative union of the two kingdoms, to afford his assistance;
and it is generally believed that most of the calculations were made by him. So great was the satisfaction which he gave on that
occasion to those at the head of the Scottish affairs, that, on the establishment of the excise in 1707, he was appointed accountantgeneral,
when he was just twenty years of age.
Mr Drummond had early imbibed those political principles which seated the present royal family on the throne; hence he took an
active part on the side of government, in the rebellion of 1715. It was to him that ministry owed the first intelligence of the earl of
Marr having reached Scotland to raise the standard of insurrection. He fought at the battle of Sheriffmuir, and was the first to apprize
the magistrates of Edinburgh of Argyle’s victory; which he did by a letter written on horseback, from the field of battle. On the 10th of
February, 1715, Mr Drummond had been promoted to a seat at the board of excise; and on the rebellion being extinguished, he
returned to Edinburgh, to the active discharge of his duties. On the 27th April, 1717, he was appointed one of the commissioners of
the board of customs. In the same year he was elected treasurer of the city, which office he held for two years. In 1722-23, he was
dean of guild, and in 1725, he was raised to the dignity of lord provost. In 1727, he was named one of the commissioners and
trustees for improving the fisheries and manufactures of Scotland, and on the 15th October, 1737, he was promoted to be one of the
commissioners of excise.
No better proof can be given of the high estimation in which Mr Drummond was held by government, than his rapid promotion;
although the confidential correspondence which he maintained with Mr Addison, on the affairs of Scotland, was still more
honourable to him.
The wretched state of poverty and intestine disorder in which Scotland was left by her native princes, when they removed to
England, and which was at first aggravated by the union of the kingdoms, called forth the exertion of many of our most patriotic
countrymen; and foremost in that honourable band stood George Drummond. To him the city of Edinburgh, in particular, owes
much. He was the projector of many of those improvements, which, commenced under his auspices, have advanced with
unexampled rapidity; insomuch, that Edinburgh, from a state approaching to decay and ruin, has risen, almost within the recollection
of persons now alive, to be one of the finest and most interesting cities in the world.
The first great undertaking which Mr Drummond accomplished for the benefit of his native city, was the erection of the royal
infirmary. Previous to the establishment of this hospital, the physicians and surgeons of Edinburgh, assisted by other members of
the community, had contributed £2,000, with which they instituted an infirmary for the reception of the destitute sick. But Mr
Drummond, anxious to secure for the sick poor of the city and neighbourhood, still more extensive aid, attempted to obtain
legislative authority for incorporating the contributors as a body politic and corporate. More than ten years, however, elapsed before
he brought the public to a just appreciation of his plan. At last he was successful, and an act having been procured, a charter, dated
25th August, 1736, was granted, constituting the contributors an incorporation, with power to erect the royal infirmary, and to
purchase lands, and make bye-laws. The foundation stone of this building was laid 2nd August, 1738. It cost nearly £13,000, which
was raised by the united contributions of the whole country; the nobility, gentry, and the public bodies all over the kingdom, making
donations for this benevolent establishment; while even the farmers, carters, and timber-merchants, united in giving their gratuitous
assistance to rear the building.
The rebellion of 1745 again called Mr Drummond into active service in the defence of his country and its institutions; and although
his most strenuous exertions could not induce the volunteer and other bodies of troops in Edinburgh, to attempt the defence of the
city against the rebels, yet, accompanied by a few of the volunteer corps, he retired and joined the royal forces under Sir John Cope,
and was present at the unfortunate battle of Prestonpans. After that defeat, he retired with the royal forces to Berwick, where he
continued to collect and forward information to government, of the movements of the rebel army.
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