HAY, Alexander 11th of Delgaty, Sir ¹

   Another name for Alexander was HAY, Alexander of Dalgety.²

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  General Notes:

"Sir Alexander Hay of Delgaty, Knight (and possibly cr. a baronet, since his successor is officially so designated by Lord Lyon Balfour). The eleventh laird of Delgaty was apparently a favourite of James VI., and was Knighted by 3 Nov. 1617, when he figures at Court as 'Sir Alexander Hay of Delgaty and superior of Auchleuchries (Appendix to Diary of General Patrick Gordon. Spalding Club). So, as this infers he was of age, he was evidently born before 1596. Litigation and court life, however, took their toll of the broad acres of Delgaty, and in 1627 Sir Alexander had to sell Dronlaw to his kinsman, Walter Hay, Advocate (Privy Council, VI., 205; Great Seal, IX., No. 1046). In 1633 he owed 1200 mks. to George Barclay at Mill of Segga (Book of Annualrenters) and by 1644 Delgaty itself was wadset to his cousin, James Hay of Muiryfold (Great Seal IX., No. 1593).....

On 9 Nov. 1634, Sir Alexander settled his estate on his son and heir, afterwards Sir William Hay of Delgaty, and either the father or son appears to have been created a baronet, for Sir William is so described by Lord Lyon Balfour in his account of the forfeiture of 1650, and it was a subject on which the Lord Lyon would have had immediate and certain knowledge. Sir Alexander died in Feb. 1636, as appears from his sons retour (Aberdeenshire Retours, 24)..."

from Transactions ¹

Alexander married Isabella LESLIE, daughter of John LESLIE 10th of Balquhain and Isabel HAY.^{1 2} (Isabella LESLIE was born about 1592.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Alexander married Isobel Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 10th Baron of Balquhain (Records of Family of Leslie, III., 74) and they were regarded as amongst the most scandalous and irregular adversaries of the truth" in 1622 (Scottish Historical Review, VI., 252), and three years later were imprisoned in Edinburgh as papists."

from Transactions




"By Lady Elizabeth Hay John Leslie had issue a daughter Isabella, married to Alexander Hay of Dalgety."

from Family of Leslie ^{1 2}