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After Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale died on 10 October 1876, the title went to his son Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale. His brother William, 10th Marquess married Candida Bartolucci in May 1878. When Arthur Hay died in December 1878, his 32-year-old wife Julia Hay became the dowager Marchioness of Tweeddale.

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquis of Tweeddale

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  • House of Commons, Liberal (1865–1868, August 1878 and December 1878)[1]
  • Member of Parliament, Liberal (1881–)[1]
  • Chairman, North British Railway (1878? – )[2]

Timeline

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1878 May 18, William Montagu Hay and Candida Louise Bartolucci married.[3]

1897 June 28, Monday, according to the Morning Post, William, 10th Marquis and Candida, Marchioness of Tweeddale were invited to the 28 June Queen's Garden Party, the official end of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London. The Morning Post says that the Dowager Tweeddale was also invited, which means Julia Hay, Marchioness of Tweeddale (who was by 1897 married for the 3rd time, to Major Sir William Gordon).

1897 July 2, Friday, the Marquess and Candida, Marchioness of Tweeddale attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did their eldest daughter, Lady Clementine Hay, and two sons, Lord William George Montagu Hay (who would have been 12) and Lord Arthur Vincent Hay (who would have been 11).

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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Candida, Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine with sons Lord Arthur and Lord William. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Candida Hay, Marchioness of Tweeddale

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Detail of David's Coronation of Napoléon
 
Gérard's Portrait of Empress Josephine in her Coronation Robes

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Candida Hay, Marchioness of Tweeddale was dressed as Joséphine, wife of Napoleon; her sons seem to have been the pages who bore her train.

  • "The Marchioness of Tweeddale represented Josephine in Empire dress of white satin, embroidered in gold bees, thistle-leaves, and wheat, and with a train of geranium pink velvet worked with gold bees."[4]:p. 3, Col. 4a
  • "Josephine, the wife of Napoleon, copied from the picture of her coronation, was impersonated by the Marchioness of Tweeddale, who wore white satin wrought with gold, and a train of geranium-red velvet, trimmed with ermine."[5]:p. 34, Col. 1a
  • She "made a splendid 'Josephine' in Empire dress of white satin, embroidered in gold bees, thistle leaves and wheat, and with a train of geranium pink velvet worked with gold bees."[6]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "The Marchioness of Tweeddale made a splendid "Josephine" in empire dress of white satin, embroidered in gold bees, thistle leaves, and wheat, and with a train of geranium pink velvet worked with gold bees."[7]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "The Marchioness of Tweeddale was Joséphine, wife of Napoleon, in white satin, wrought with gold and a deep rose-coloured train, trimmed with ermine, and borne by two pages in mauve velvet, embroidered with gold."[8]
  • "The Marchioness of Tweeddale made an effective Josephine."[9]:p. 5, Col. 1
  • "The Marchioness of Tweeddale (Empress Josephine), while satin embroidered in gold bullion; train of geranium velvet, lined with white satin and embroidered with ermine."[5]:p. 40, Col. 2a

Lord Arthur Vincent Hay and William George Montagu Hay

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Lafayette's portrait of "Lord Arthur Vincent Hay; William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale; Candida Louise, Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine" in costume is photogravure #124 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[10] The printing on the portrait says, "The Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine," with a Long S in Marchioness and Empress.[11]

Commentary on Costumes

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The Coronation of Napoleon (Le Sacre de Napoléon), painted by Jacques-Louis David and completed in 1807,[12] was the source for several costumes at the ball, including Candida, Marchioness of Tweeddale, Countess Clary, Countess Kinsky, and Countess Isabel Deym, who were dressed as Napoleon's three sisters. Some of them can just be seen on the left in the detail of the coronation, above.

 
Lady Clementine Hay as Valentina; William Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale as St. Bris (Les Huguenots)

William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquis of Tweeddale and Lady Clementine Hay

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Lady Clementine Hay as Valentina and William Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale as St. Bris (from Les Huguenots). ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Lady Clementine Hay (at 629) came out — was introduced to society as a débutante — at the Duchess of Devonshire's ball.[13] William, the Marquis of Tweeddale was dressed as Saint Bris:

  • He "personated 'Saint Bris' in the 'Huguenots.'"[6]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "The Marquis of Tweeddale personated 'Saint Bris' in the Hugenots."[7]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "Marquis of Tweeddale (Elizabethan courtier), black velvet."[5]:p. 40, Col. 2a

He and their daughter Clementine Hay appear in the portrait in the NPG Album: Lafayette's portrait of "Lady (Susan Elizabeth) Clementine Waring (née Hay) as Valentina; William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale as St Bris (Les Huguenots)" in costume is photogravure #125 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[10] The printing on the portrait says, "The Marquess of Tweeddale, as St Bris. Lady Clementine Hay as Valentina. (Les Huguenots)."[14]

The photograph showing Lady Clementine Hay and the Marquis of Tweeddale in costume on the left is from the album of portraits. The photograph on the right is not the one included in the album, but it looks like another pose from the same session. They are dressed as characters from the 1836 opera Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer.[15] The opera was in regular performance at Covent Garden in the 1890s; the production with Nellie Melba and Emma Albani in 1895 was well attended and attracted particular notice. The Album identifies two men who came as Raoul de Nangis: Douglas Dawson (whose name is wrong in the Album) and Archibald, Lord Acheson, whom the The Gentlewoman says was dressed as "Mignon Henri III."

Demographics

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  • Nationality: Hay, Scots; Bartolucci, Italian[2]

Family

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  • Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1 February 1787 – 10 October 1876)[16]
  • Lady Susan Montagu (18 September 1797 – 5 March 1870)[17]
    1. Lady Susan Georgiana Hay ( – 6 May 1853)
    2. Lady Hannah Charlotte Hay ( – 10 November 1887)
    3. Lady Jane Hay ( – 13 December 1920)
    4. Lady Louisa Jane Hay ( – 9 September 1882)
    5. Lady Elizabeth Hay (27 September 1820 – 13 August 1904)
    6. George Hay, Earl of Gifford (22 April 1822 – 22 December 1862)
    7. Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (9 November 1824 – 29 December 1878)
    8. William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (27 January 1826 – 25 November 1911)
    9. Admiral Lord John Hay (23 August 1827 – 4 May 1916)
    10. Lady Emily Hay (1836 – 4 April 1924)


  • Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie (21 June 1846 – 17 May 1937)[18]
  • Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (9 November 1824 – 29 December 1878)
  • Rt. Hon. Sir John Rose, 1st Bt. (2 August 1820 – 24 August 1888)[19]
  • Major Sir William Eden Evans Gordon ( – October 1913)[20]


  • William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (27 January 1826 – 25 November 1911)
  • Candida Louise Bartolucci (3 May 1854 – 14 February 1925)[3]
  1. Lady (Susan Elizabeth) Clementine Hay (9 August 1879 – )
  2. Lady Candida Louisa Hay (25 August 1882 – )
  3. William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (4 November 1884 – 30 March 1967)
  4. Lord Arthur Vincent Hay (16 March 1886 – 14 September 1914)
  5. Maj.-Gen. Lord Edward Douglas John Hay (2 November 1888 – 18 June 1944)

Also Known As

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  • Family name: Hay
  • Tweeddale, sometimes misspelled as Tweedale
  • Baron Tweeddale of Yester (UK peerage)
    • William Montagu Hay, 1st Baron Tweeddale (6 October 1881 – 25 November 1911)[1]
  • Marquess of Tweeddale
    • William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (29 December 1878 – 25 November 1911)[1]
  • Marchioness of Tweeddale
    • Candida Louise Bartolucci Hay (29 December 1878 – 1925)[3]
  • Earl of Tweeddale
    • William Montagu Hay, 10th Earl of Tweeddale (29 December 1878 – 25 November 1911)
  • Earl of Gifford
    • William Montagu Hay, 10th Earl of Gifford (29 December 1878 – 25 November 1911)
  • Viscount Walden
    • William Montagu Hay, 10th Viscount Walden (29 December 1878 – 25 November 1911)
  • Violet Tweedale, author and member of the Golden Dawn, is not related: Tweedale is her surname, but the surname of the Marquess of Tweeddale is Hay.

Notes and Questions

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  1. Had there been a recent production of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots?
  2. Candida, Marchioness of Tweeddale is #399 in the list of people who were present, her sons are at #399 as well; William, the Marquis of Tweeddale is #400; Lady Clementine Hay is #629.

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale". Wikipedia. 2020-12-20. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Hay,_10th_Marquess_of_Tweeddale&oldid=995372347. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Candida Louise Bartolucci." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  4. ↑ “The Ball at Devonshire House. Magnificent Spectacle. Description of the Dresses.” London Evening Standard 3 July 1897 Saturday: 3 [of 12], Cols. 1a–5b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970703/015/0004.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. A Brilliant Spectacle. Some of the Dresses." London Daily News Saturday 3 July 1897: 5 [of 10], Col. 6a–6, Col. 1b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18970703/024/0005 and https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000051/18970703/024/0006.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Dress Ball. Special Telegram." Belfast News-Letter Saturday 03 July 1897: 5 [of 8], Col. 9c [of 9]–6, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000038/18970703/015/0005.
  8. ↑ "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy-Dress Ball. Brilliant Spectacle." The Guernsey Star 6 July 1897, Tuesday: 1 [of 4], Col. 1–2. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000184/18970706/003/0001.
  9. ↑ “The Duchess’s Costume Ball.” Westminster Gazette 03 July 1897 Saturday: 5 [of 8], Cols. 1a–3b [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002947/18970703/035/0005.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  11. ↑ "Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158487/Lord-Arthur-Vincent-Hay-William-George-Montagu-Hay-11th-Marquess-of-Tweeddale-Candida-Louise-Marchioness-of-Tweeddale-as-the-Empress-Josephine.
  12. ↑ "The Coronation of Napoleon". Wikipedia. 2021-08-12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Coronation_of_Napoleon&oldid=1038503920.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coronation_of_Napoleon.
  13. ↑ "Gossip of the Day. Debutantes." Nottinghamshire Guardian 5 February 1898, Saturday: 4 [of 8]. British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18980205/033/0004.
  14. ↑ "Marquess of Tweeddale, as St Bris." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158488/Lady-Susan-Elizabeth-Clementine-Waring-ne-Hay-as-Valentina-William-Montagu-Hay-10th-Marquess-of-Tweeddale-as-St-Bris-Les-Huguenots.
  15. ↑ "Les Huguenots". Wikipedia. 2021-07-02. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Les_Huguenots&oldid=1031622737.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Huguenots.
  16. ↑ "Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  17. ↑ "Lady Susan Montagu." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  18. ↑ "Julia Charlotte Sophia Stewart-Mackenzie." Person #36634. The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as Well as the Royal Families of Europe. https://www.thepeerage.com/p3664.htm#i36634.
  19. ↑ "Rt. Hon. Sir John Rose, 1st Bt.." Person Page #36636. The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as well as the Royal Families of Europe. https://www.thepeerage.com/p3664.htm#i36636.
  20. ↑ "Major Sir William Eden Evans Gordon." Person Page #36637. The Peerage: A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as well as the Royal Families of Europe. https://www.thepeerage.com/p3664.htm#i36637.
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