Earl of Gifford
| Marquessate of Tweeddale | |
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Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Argent, three Escutcheons Gules (Hay); 2nd, Gules, three Bars Ermine (Gifford); 3rd, Azure, three Cinquefoils Argent (Fraser). Crest: A Goat's Head erased Argent, armed Or. Supporters: On either side a Buck proper, attired and unguled Or, each gorged with a Collar Azure, charged with three Cinquefoils Argent.
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| Creation date | 17 December 1694 |
| Monarch | Charles I |
| Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
| First holder | John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale |
| Present holder | Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale |
| Heir presumptive | Alistair James Montagu Hay |
| Remainder to | The 1st Marquess' heirs male whatsoever |
| Subsidiary titles | Earl of Tweeddale Earl of Gifford Viscount of Walden Lord Hay of Yester Baron Tweeddale (UK) |
| Status | Extant |
| Former seat(s) | Yester House |
| Armorial motto | SPAIR NOUGHT |
Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled Tweedale) is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale. Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the last in the Peerage of Scotland. As Baron Tweeddale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Lord Tweeddale sat between 1881 and 1963 in the House of Lords. The Marquess' eldest son uses Viscount Walden as a courtesy title.
Lord Tweeddale also holds the title of Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.
The family seat was Yester House, near Gifford, East Lothian.
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Lord Alistair James Montagu Hay, Master of Tweeddale (b. 1955).
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his half-brother Lord Andrew Arthur George Hay (b. 1959).
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive 's heir apparent is his son Angus David George Hay (b. 1991).
Arms of the Lord Hay of Yester
Arms of the Earls of Tweeddale and the 1st-10th Marquesses of Tweeddale
Arms from the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale
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