Lingering relic of a feudal age
A SCOTTISH COURTIER called George Hay became an Earl in 1633 to celebrate the coronation of Charles I as King of Scots, which was nice as most people on these occasions have to make do with a souvenir mug.
The unfortunate 1st Earl of Kinnoull didn’t have much time to enjoy his title as he died the following year, but the gift came in handy nearly four centuries later in 2015 when a farmer and barrister called Charles Hay decided that he fancied a seat in Parliament.
Not for Charles the hard slog round the constituency party selection committees, or the
