Thomas Hay, Lord Huntingdon
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Thomas Hay, Lord Huntingdon (1707–1755) was a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice.
He was born in Edinburgh (or nearby Haddington) the son of Alexander Hay of Huntingdon and his wife Mary Gordon.[citation needed] Thomas trained in Law in Edinburgh and passed the Scottish bar as an advocate around 1730.
On 28 November 1754 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice in place of John Pringle, Lord Haining.[1]
After only a few months in this role he died in Edinburgh on 4 February 1755 but was buried in St Mary's Church in Haddington east of Edinburgh. His position as Senator was filled by Peter Wedderburn, Lord Chesterhall.[2]