Education
Viscount Dupplin was educated at Eton College and studied chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford.
Viscount Dupplin was educated at Eton College and studied chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford.
A qualified barrister, he has worked for insurance provider Hiscox for 25 years. He also farms in Perthshire. He succeeded his father as Earl of Kinnoull following the latter"s death on 7 June 2013.
The earl was elected to sit in the House of Lords at a crossbench hereditary peers" by-election on 4 February 2015, following the resignation of Lady Saltoun of Abernethy.
On 19 March 2015, he made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on a report of the Science & Technology Committee. He is the son of the Arthur Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull and Ann (née Lowson), daughter of Sir Denys Lowson, 1st Baronet.
The couple have four children:
Lady Alice Hay (b 25 September 2003)
Lady Catriona Hay (b 25 September 2003)
Lady Auriol Hay (b 15 March 2007)
William Hay, Viscount Dupplin (b 24 June 2011)
The earl serves as president of the Royal Caledonian Ball Trust, which organises an annual ball to benefit Scottish charities. He is also the chairman of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, a wildlife conservation trust.