Thomas Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin, and Baron Hay of Kinfauns in Scotland, and Baron Hay of Pedwarden in England [...]
Hoare Pinxit Hodges Sculp.t 1790 Slight stain on left. '109' in ms in title area; repaired damage to platemark on right. Thomas Hay, ninth earl of Kinnoull (1710-87), politician. Kinnoull was variously MP for Scarbrough and Cambridge, and fixture in the governments of Walpole, Pelham and Newcastle. He retired from political life following Bute's election in1760, concentrating on the management of his home, Dupplin House. Hay also had strong links with Portugal- he was there in 1730 and again in 1759, negotiating a settlement following the breach of Portuguese neutrality during Admiral Boscawen's naval victory over the French at Lagos. Engraving after a painting by William Hoare sold at Christie's in 1985 (10 December, lot 34). CS 21 ii/ii.
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