Background
HAY, Robert Jobn was born on April 28, 1828. 2nd son of RearAdmiral James Hay, Belton, East Lothian, and Mary, daughter of Robert Stewart, Physgill and Glasserton, Wigtownshire.
HAY, Robert Jobn was born on April 28, 1828. 2nd son of RearAdmiral James Hay, Belton, East Lothian, and Mary, daughter of Robert Stewart, Physgill and Glasserton, Wigtownshire.
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Entered Army 1846; Lieutenant- General 1889. Brigade-Major China, 1859. Assistant- Ad.j.-General to Expeditionary Force, China, 1860.
Chief Instructor School of Gunnery, 1871. Superintendent Royal Gunpowder Factories, 1875. Member Ord. Comce. 1883.
Deputy Adjutant-General R.A., Headquarters of Army, 1883. Governor Royal Marine Artillery 1887. Dir. of Artillery Headquarters of Army, 1891. Cartulary-register 1894; retired.
Clubs: Army and Navy; New, Edinburgh.
Spouse 1861, Georgina Harvey, daughter of Sir Alexander Ramsey, 2nd Bt.