Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet
Sir Adam Hay, 7th Baronet (14 December 1795 – 18 January 1867) was a Scottish baronet and politician.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark Burghs from 1826 to 1830.
He was the brother of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (1788–1838).
He lived at 12 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.
Congress (1776–81) and in the Georgia militia, in whose service he was captured by the British during the 1778 Capture of Savannah. Exchanged and released, he was soon afterward elected Governor of Georgia, an office he held from November 1779 to January 1780. He also served as the state's Chief Justice, and in a second term as Governor 1789-80. He died at College Hill in 1804.
See also.
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register