Hay, Charles
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1741-47 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Army officer and politician | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | History of Parliament Online |
Professional soldier who entered politics. Elected MP for Haddingtonshire (1741) and attached himself to Lord Carteret. Supported the new Administration after Walpole's fall. Voted for Hanoverians (1746) and classed as a "Granville". Reported to have gone mad (1746) and did not seek re-election. Continued involvement in army being appointed an aide-de-camp to the king (1749) and given a regiment (1753). Send to America (1757) but put under house arrest for speaking out against military. Court-martialed, but died before verdict announced (1760).
