NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hay, Robert William NRA: Hay, Robert William (1786-1861) Under Secretary for Colonial Affairs DNB: Hay, Robert William (1786-1861), civil servant and dilettante LBT ID: RoHay1861 VIAF ID: 36475045 LOC ID: no89021321 | B/BAP: 1786-01-09 DIED: 1861-05-09 |
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After education at Christ Church, Oxford, he was private secretary to Viscount Melville,
first lord of the Admiralty (1812) and permanent under-secretary of state for the colonies
(1825). | |