Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ishe Charles Hay akaberekwa c. 1700, mwanakomana wechitatu waCharles Hay, 3rd Marquess weTweeddale, nemudzimai wake Lady Susan Hamilton, mwanasikana waWilliam Douglas, Duke weHamilton. Ishe Charles aiva munun'una waJohn Hay, 4th Marquess weTweeddale. Hay akapinda muchiuto, achive akabudiswa mu 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards musi wa 18 Chivabvu 1722, uye kaputeni mu33rd Regiment of Foot musi wa 14 Chivabvu 1727. Sezviri pachena akanga aripo pakukombwa kweGibraltar muna 1727, uye muna 1729 akanga achishumira somutungamiriri we9th Regiment of Dragoons. Akatora chikamu semunhu anozvipira mumauto ePrince Eugene weSavoy panguva yeRhine mishandirapamwe ya1734 muHondo yePoland Succession. Akasarudzwa senhengo yeparamende yeHaddingtonshire muna 1741 uye musi wa7 Kubvumbi 1743 akapiwa kutungamira kwekambani mu3rd Foot Guards. Akatora chikamu mumishandirapamwe yeEurope yeHondo yeAustria yekudzoka, uye aive chaiye, kana asiri chaiye, lieutenant-colonel we1st Regiment yeFoot Guards paHondo dzeDettingen
uye Fontenoy.