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Hay of
Shropshire & Worcester
Family tree: Harry Gordon Hay ancestors
Richard Hay married my sister Jane in 1974 and this page shows a brief history of his
family.
Richard’s Dad was Gordon Hay. He joined the Shropshire Yeomanry at the tender age of 15. Later,
following in his father’s footsteps, Gordon worked at the Shrewsbury Post Office. His death in 1982
was a shock to us all, due to malaria contracted on a trip to Malawi and misdiagnosed on his
return.
Gordon’s grandfather was Harry Garnett Hay, whose experience in the 1st Dragoon Guards based in
Colchester must have been good preparation for a later occupation as a mounted police
officer.
Harry Garnett Hay’s father was Edward Hay, who was a farmer, innkeeper and butler. He was the first
in a long line of Hays who lived in Rochford, Worcester and they go all the way back to a Richard
Hay, born in 1642 and whose father was also Richard.
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