Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1793)

Rear Admiral Lord John Hay, CB DL (1 April 1793 – 9 September 1851) was a British naval officer and Whig politician.[1] He saw considerable action aboard Seahorse (42) on the Mediterranean station, under Captain John Stewart, losing his left arm on a cutting-out expedition in Hyères Bay in 1807.[1] During much of this time, Hay acted as commodore of a squadron off the northern coast of Spain, with a naval brigade providing support for the Spanish government during the First Carlist War.[1] For his actions during the war, particularly in helping to defend Bilbao, he was made a Companion of the Bath and received the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.The committee was disbanded, design placed in the hands of Symonds' successor, Sir Baldwin Walker, and Hay removed from the Board and made superintendent of Devonport Dockyard on 9 February 1850.
United KingdomRoyal NavyRear AdmiralHMS CastorHMS PhoenixHMS North StarHMS WarspiteOrder of the BathGeorge Hay, 7th Marquess of TweeddaleHMS MonarchHMS SeahorseMediterraneancutting-out expeditionHyèreslieutenantWest IndiesHMS VenerablecommanderHMS BustardLisbonChannelNorth Americanpost-captaindeputy lieutenantEast LothianMember of ParliamentHaddingtonshirefrigateSociety for the Encouragement of the ArtstelescopecommodoreFirst Carlist WarBilbaoCompanion of the BathOrder of Charles IIILord AshburtonWebster-Ashburton TreatyWoolwich DockyardWindsorFourth Naval LordThird Naval LordSir William SymondsSurveyor of the NavySir Baldwin WalkerDevonport DockyardSteward of the Manor of NorthsteadHMS St GeorgeDonald Cameron, 22nd LochielJohn MurrayWikisourceLaughton, J. K.The London GazetteHansardParliament of the United KingdomJames BalfourRalph NevilleGeorge Alexander ReidJohn HatchellSir Henry RousSir Alexander MilneSir Maurice BerkeleySir Houston Stewart