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Sir Alan Philip Hay KCVO TD (27 February 1918 – 7 April 1986) was a British courtier.[1]
He was born at Bengeo House, Hertford, the youngest son of Edward Alan Hay, an iron ore merchant, and Ethel Georgina Wright.[2] He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Military
[edit](late Cadet Lce.-Serjt, Harrow Sch. Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.)
In February 1939, he joined the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. He was a prisoner of war captured by the Japanese when Singapore fell in Feb 1942
Courtier
[edit][3] The London Gazette, Issue, Page The DUCHESS OF KENT has been pleased to appointAlan Philip Hay, Esquire, to be Comptroller and Private Secretary to Her Royal Highness in the room Captain Sidney Charles, Lord Herbert,
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
Sir Philip Hay has been appointed Treasurer to the Duke of Kent and to Princess Marina Duchess of Kent, accord- ing to announcements in last nighfs London Gazette. He has been private secretary and comptroller to Princess Marina Since 1948. [4]
1964 CHESS OF KENT,
has been pfl'eased to appoint Major Peter Cecil Clarke MVO., to be Comptroller to Her Royal
Highness.
SECOND DIVISION OF THE SOVEREIGN'S ESCORT, Household Cavalry.
He took part in the procession funeral of George VI as comptroller to H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent.[6]
In the Coronation of Elizabeth II, he carried the coronet for the Duchess of Kent during the procession.[7]
He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1953 New Year Honours[9] and knighted in the same order in the 1961 New Year Honours.[10]
he was comptroller and private secretary to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, and treasurer to her sons, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent.
In 1948, he married Lady Margaret Seymour (1918–1975),[11] Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Elizabeth. They had met following the war, when they both worked at Spink & Son auction house. Lady Margaret was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Lord Henry Seymour and sister of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, and granddaughter of 6th Marquess of Hertford and the 1st Duke of Westminster.[12] They had three sons.
They married at Holy Trinity Church in Arrow, Warwickshire. Neville Gorton, the Bishop of Coventry, officiated.[13] They had three sons.[14][11]
- Edward Philip Gerald Hay (born 1949), godson of Queen Elizabeth II (one of her 30 godchildren),[15] Duchess of Kent, Sir Steven Runciman, and Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster[16]
- Andrew Nicholas John Hay (born 1951), godson of Mrs. Michael Babington Smith and Hon. Patricia Eyres-Monsell Kenward[17]
- Simon Henry Peter Hay (born 1955), godson of Princess Alexandra Ogilvy, Viscount Cobham, Major-General Michael Alston-Roberts-West, and Lady Alice Egerton[18] Page of honour at the wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent[19]
He was appointed KCVO in 1960. He served as director of Sotheby's after retiring from royal service.
Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace.
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Sir Philip Hay". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 10 April 1986. p. 16.
- ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 March 1918. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 38371". The London Gazette. 3 August 1948. p. 4355.
- ^ "Royal Treasurer". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 15 August 1962. p. 12.
- ^ The Times. The Times Digital Archive.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "No. 39575". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1952. p. 3357.
- ^ "No. 40020". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1953. p. 6236.
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- ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 42231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 December 1960. p. 8893.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Lady Margaret Hay". The Times. 26 May 1975. p. 8.
- ^ "Mr. A. P. Hay and Lady Margaret Seymour". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 April 1948. p. 7.
- ^ "Marriages – Mr. A. P. Hay and Lady Margaret Hay". The Times. 23 April 1948. p. 7.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1890. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
godchildrenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Christening". The Times. 24 March 1950. p. 8.
- ^ "Christening". The Times. 7 December 1951. p. 6.
- ^ "Christening". The Times. 8 March 1956. p. 12.
- ^ "Prince Michael to Be Best Man – Eight Bridesmaids at Duke's Wedding". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 30 March 1961. p. 14.
External links
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Members of the British Royal Household