GEORGE

See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• GEORGE HAY (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

HAY (1729—1811)  , Scottish Roman Catholic divine, was born at Edinburgh on the 24th of August 1729 . He was accused of sympathizing with the rebellion of 1745 and served a term of imprisonment 1746—1747 . He then entered the Roman Catholic Church, studied in the Scots College at Rome, and in 1759 accompanied John Geddes (1735—1799), afterwards bishop of Morocco, on a Scottish mission . Ten years later, he was appointed bishop of Daulis in partibus and coadjutor to Bishop James Grant (1706—1778) . In 1778 he became vicar apostolic of the lowland district . During the Protestant riots in Edinburgh in 1779 his furniture and library were destroyed by fire . From 1788 to 1793 he was in charge of the Scalan seminary; in 1802 he retired to that of Aquhorties near Inverury which he had founded in 1799 . He died there on the 15th of October 1811 . His theological works, including The Sincere Christian, The Devout Christian, The Pious Christian and The Scripture Doctrine of Miracles, were edited by Bishop Strain in 1871-1873 .