A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hay, John (c)
HAY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
John Hay (a) is second son of the late John Hay, Esq., of Morton, by Jane, daughter of Provost Wyllie, of Glasgow.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1806, as L.M., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Donald Campbell, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon. On his removal, as Midshipman, in 1807, to the Dictator 64, also commanded by Capt. Campbell, he attended the expedition of that year to Copenhagen; after which we find him, while stationed in the Great Belt, sharing, 26 June, 1808, in an action with several Danish gun-boats, whose fire killed 1 and wounded 2 of the Dictator’s people. In Aug. 1809, having followed the same Captain into the Audacious 74, Mr. Hay assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing. On the evacuation of the Walcheren he returned to England in one of the prizes, but he subsequently rejoined the Audacious, and, proceeding off the Tagus, was sent up that river with a flotilla, commanded by the present Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, for the purpose of co-operating with the troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras. Between Nov. 1811 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814, he further served, on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations, in the Warrior and Rivoli 74’s, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and Graham Eden Hamond. With the exception of an attachment, from 8 Oct. 1823 until June, 1824, to the Prince Regent 120, flagship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at the Nore, he has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Hay married, 1 June, 1824, his cousin, Marion, eldest daughter of the late David Carrick Buchanan, Esq., of Drumpilear, Lancashire, by whom he has issue.