George Hay, Earl of Gifford
Politician
1822 – 1862
Who was George Hay, Earl of Gifford?
George Hay, Earl of Gifford was a British Liberal Party politician.
Lord Gifford was born at Yester House, the eldest son of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. He was educated at Trinity College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was president of the University Pitt Club. In 1850, he was a Captain in the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry and became Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1854. A year later, he entered Parliament as MP for Totnes.
In 1862, Lord Gifford was involved in an accident whilst rescuing a workman about to be crushed by a tree the latter was cutting down in the grounds of Yester Castle. Because of the accident, the Dowager Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye agreed to marry Lord Gifford and they did so at Dufferin Lodge on 13 October 1862. As a result of the accident, Lord Gifford died two months later and as he and his wife did not have any children, his brother, Lord Arthur became the heir to their father's titles and estate.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1822
- Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Died
- Dec 22, 1862
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on July 23, 2013
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