Robert William Hay
Robert William Hay (1786–1861) was a British public official.
Robert William Hay | |
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| Born | 1786 Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 9 May 1861 Malta |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Public official |
| Parent(s) | Rev. George William Auriol Hay-Drummond Elizabeth Margaret (Marshall) Hay-Drummond |
| Relatives | Robert Hay Drummond (paternal grandfather) |
Biography
Early life
Robert William Hay was born in 1786 in Westminster, London, England.[1] His father was Reverend George William Auriol Hay-Drummond and his mother Elizabeth Margaret (Marshall) Hay-Drummond.[1] His paternal grandfather was Robert Hay Drummond (1711–1776), who served as the Archbishop of York from 1761 to 1776.[1]
He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1807 and a Master of Arts degree in 1809.[1]
Career
From 1812 to 1824, he served as Private Secretary to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811), who was First Lord of the Admiralty, and then served as Victualling Commissioner in the British Royal Navy.[1]
He served as the Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for the Colonies from 1825 to 1836.[1][2][3] However, James Stephen (1789–1859) is credited with doing much of the work.[1]
In 1831, Hay was appointed to serve on the Government Commission upon Emigration, which was wound up in 1832.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1814.[5]
Legacy
- Hay Street, a major road in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia, is named in his honour.
References
- Hay, Robert William (1786–1861), Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Robert Charles Lee, The Canada Company and the Huron Tract, 1826–1853: Personalities, Profits and Politics, Dundurn, 2004, p. 230
- Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica & Barbados, 1823–1843, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: UNC Press Books, 1995, p. 26
- "Emigration from the United Kingdom" (PDF). Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 1 (3): 156-157. July 1838. doi:10.2307/2337910 – via JSTOR.
- "Fellows details". Royal Society. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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| Preceded by New post |
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1825–1836 |
Succeeded by Sir James Stephen |
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