Robert Hay Drummond


Robert Hay Drummond

Archbishop of York
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds, 1764
ProvinceProvince of York
DioceseDiocese of York
Elected3 October 1761 (elected)
23 October 1761 (confirmed)
Term ended1776 (death)
PredecessorJohn Gilbert
SuccessorWilliam Markham
Other post(s)Bishop of St Asaph (1748–1761)
Bishop of Salisbury (11 June – 23 October 1761)[1]
Lord High Almoner (1761–?)
Personal details
Born
Robert Hay

(1711-11-10)10 November 1711
Died10 December 1776(1776-12-10) (aged 65)
Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire (West Riding), Great Britain
Buried10 December 1776, St Andrew's Church (the second), Bishopthorpe
NationalityBritish (previously English)
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceBrodsworth Hall, Yorkshire (West Riding; private)
ParentsGeorge Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull & Abigail Countess of Kinnoull (née Harley)
Spouse
Henrietta Auriol
(m. 1749)
{she died})[1]
Children3 daughters & 6 sons:[1]
Robert Hay-Drummond, 10th Earl of Kinnoull
Edward Hay-Drummond
ProfessionBishop
EducationWestminster School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Ordination history of
Robert Hay Drummond
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained byJohn Potter, Bishop of Oxford
Date26 June 1736
Priestly ordination
Ordained byPotter
Date27 June 1736
Episcopal consecration
Date24 April 1748
Place"Kensington Church"
Source(s):[1]

Robert Hay (10 November 1711 – 10 December 1776), known later as Robert Hay-Drummond of Cromlix and Innerpeffray, was successively Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop of Salisbury, and, from 1761 until his death, Archbishop of York.

  1. ^ a b c d "Drummond, Robert Hay". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8081. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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