Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Haife shi a cikin masarauta, ƙaramin ɗan marquess, Hay ya shiga soja kuma ya hau matsayi, yana ganin aiki a wasu kamfen na Turai na Yaƙin Anglo-Spanish da War of the Polish Succession. Ya sami sanannun sanannun lokacin Yaƙin Nasara na Austriya, lokacin da ya umurci wasu daga cikin rundunonin da ke cikin fadace-fadace. Ya ga aikin a yakin Dettingen
da Fontenoy, ya bambanta kansa a karshen tare da gamuwa da rundunar Faransa, wanda Voltaire ya lura da shi daga baya. Har ila yau, aikinsa na siyasa ya kasance mai rikitarwa, a wasu lokuta ana amfani da shi a cikin adawa da Gwamnatin. Ya ƙare bayan wani lokaci na rashin kwanciyar hankali, kuma bai sake neman sake zaben ba. Ƙarin ci gaban soja duk da haka ya biyo baya.