James Shaw Hay


Sir James Shaw Hay was a British colonial governor.

Family

He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Pasley Hay and wife Georgette Heine Arnaud.

Biography

He fought in the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and became an Officer in 1858 in the service of the 89th Regiment.
He was the 8th Administrator of the Gambia between 1886 and 1888, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Sierra Leone between 1886 and 1888 and again in 1888 until 24 November, when he became effective until 1889, as again between 1890 and 1891, and the 3rd Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados between 1891 and 1900.
He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1889.

Marriages and issue

He married firstly Jane Morin, daughter of John Morin of Allanton, Dumfriesshire, and had one daughter:
He married secondly Frances Marie Polatza, daughter of Jacques Polatza, from Brussels, without issue.
He married thirdly on 31 January 1894 Isabella Graham Cockburn, daughter of George Ferguson Cockburn and Sarah Charlotte Bishop, without issue.