Lord John Hay (admiral of the fleet)
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Lord John Hay GCB (23 August 1827 – 4 May 1916) was a British politician and Admiral of the Fleet.
He was born in Geneva in 1827, the fourth son of George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. He joined the Royal Navy in 1839, and served in the China War in 1842 and before Sebastopol. He was Commodore of the East India Station from 1861-1863.
In 1876 he married Christina Lambert, youngest daughter of Nathaniel Grace Lambert, MP, of Buckinghamshire.
He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Wick from 1857-1859, and for Ripon from 1866–1871. He was Fifth Naval Lord, April–May 1866; Fourth Naval Lord, May–July 1866; Third Naval Lord, 1868–1871; Second Naval Lord, 1880–1883; First Naval Lord, 1886; and Admiral of the Fleet, 1888.
He commanded the Channel Squadron from 1877–1879; took possession of and administered Cyprus, 1878; commanded Mediterranean Station, 1883–1886; Commander-in-Chief of Devonport in 1887–1888. He retired in 1897.
He was awarded the GCB in 1886.
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| Preceded by: Samuel Laing | Member of Parliament for Wick 1857–1859 | Succeeded by: Samuel Laing |
| Preceded by: Sir Charles Wood, Bt Robert Kearsley | Member of Parliament for Ripon with Robert Kearsley 1866–1868 1866–1871 | Succeeded by: Sir Henry Knight Storks |
