George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull
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1572 – 1634
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Who was George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull?
George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull was a Scottish nobleman.
He served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 1596, and was knighted around 1609. He was appointed Lord Clerk Register and a lord of session in 1616. He supported the five articles of Perth. He was Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1622 to 1634, and was created Viscount Dupplin in 1627 and Earl of Kinnoull in 1633 by Charles I. He resisted the king's regulations for lords of session, and upheld precedency over archbishop of St Andrews. He was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1632 to 1634.
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