Background
Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond was the eldest son of the Most Review and Rt.
Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond was the eldest son of the Most Review and Rt.
His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland. And Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain. Robert Hay Drummond, the Archbishop of York, and Henrietta Auriol.
In 1739, his father Robert Hay took on the Drummond name and arms as heir of entail of his great-grandfather William, Viscount Strathallan.
From 1796, when he was sworn of the Privy Council, until his death in 1804, Lord Kinnoull served as Lord Lyon King of Arms.