George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale

Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB, DL (1 February 1787 – 10 October 1876) was a Scottish soldier and administrator.

Life and military career
Born in Bonnington in Scotland and educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, Hay was commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards in 1804. He was Aide-de-Camp in the Peninsular War under Arthur Wellesley. He fought at the Battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810, in the Grenadier Guards, where he was wounded as DAQMG, and the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813, with the 100th Foot as AQMG.

He also served in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Niagara in 1812. In 1842 he was appointed Governor of Madras and also, by special arrangement of the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. He was promoted to Field Marshal in 1875.

He died in 1876 at Yester in Scotland and is buried there.

Family
In 1816 he married Lady Susan Montagu: they had seven sons and six daughters:
 * Lady Susan Georgiana Hay (13 Mar 1817 – 6 May 1853), married the 1st Marquess of Dalhousie and had issue.
 * Lady Hannah Charlotte Hay (12 Apr 1818 – 10 November 1887), married Simon Watson Taylor and had issue.
 * Lady Louisa Jane (29 Jul 1819 – 9 September 1882), married Robert Ramsay and had issue.
 * Lady Elizabeth (27 September 1820 – 13 August 1904), married the 2nd Duke of Wellington.
 * George, Earl of Gifford (22 April 1822 – 22 December 1862)
 * Lady Millicent (1823–1826), died young.
 * Lord Arthur, later Earl of Gifford and later 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (9 November 1824 – 29 December 1878)
 * Lord William Montagu, later 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (27 January 1826 – 25 November 1911)
 * Lord John (23 August 1827 – 4 May 1916)
 * Lady Jane (1830 – 13 December 1920), married Sir Richard Taylor and had issue.
 * Lady Julia (1831–1915)
 * Lord Charles Edward (1833–1912)
 * Lord Frederick (1835–1912)
 * Lady Emily (1836 – 4 April 1924), married Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet and had issue.