James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (ca. 1580 – March 1636) was a British aristocrat.
A Scot, he was the son of Sir James Hay of Fingask (a member of a younger branch of the Erroll family), and of Margaret Murray, cousin of George Hay, afterwards 1st Earl of Kinnoull.
He was knighted and taken into favor by James VI of Scotland, brought into England in 1603, treated as a "prime favorite" and made a gentleman of the bedchamber. In 1604 he was sent on ...
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James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (ca. 1580 – March 1636) was a British aristocrat.
A Scot, he was the son of Sir James Hay of Fingask (a member of a younger branch of the Erroll family), and of Margaret Murray, cousin of George Hay, afterwards 1st Earl of Kinnoull.
He was knighted and taken into favor by James VI of Scotland, brought into England in 1603, treated as a "prime favorite" and made a gentleman of the bedchamber. In 1604 he was sent on a mission to France and pleaded for the Huguenots, which annoyed Henry IV of France and caused a substantial reduction of the present made to the English envoy. On 21 June 1606 he was created by patent a baron for life, with precedence next to the barons, but without a place or voice in Parliament, no doubt to render his advancement less unpalatable to the English lords.
The king bestowed on him numerous grants, paid his debts, and secured for him a rich bride in the person of Honoria, only daughter and heir of Edward, Lord Denny. Their...
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