Lt Col Sir Andrew Leith Hay of Rannes, FH

Biographical Summary

Hay of Rannes, Sir Andrew Leith. 17/02/1785-13/10/1862. Ref: 724. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: General, KH(1834).
• Place of Birth: Aberdeen.
• Place of Death: Leith Hall, Aberdeenshire.
• Profession: Soldier, Writer on Architecture.
• Appointments Held: Aide-de-Camp 1808-14 to his uncle Sir James Leith in the Peninsula; MP, Elgin 1832-8, 1841-7; Clerk of The Ordnance 1834.
• Publications: "Narrative of the Peninsular War" 1831, " Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire" 1849.
• Marital Status: Married (1816) Mary Margaret Clark d.1859.
• Mother: Mary Forbes of Ballogie d.1824.
• Father: General Alexander Leith Hay of Rannes 1758-1838.
• References: DNB 25, 1891, 251-2.
• Memberships: FRS (1834), Highland Society (1819).
• Date of Election: 07/02/1825.
• Proposers: James Skene, (Council Minute 06/12/1824 NLS Acc10000/16).
• Resigned/Removed/Election Cancelled/Not Admitted: Removed.
• Date of Resignation: Removed from Roll 1828.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 426

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol II. page 950