James Hay (19 December 1856 - 14 April 1927) was a Scottish painter. ^{[1] [2]}

His father was James Smart Hay (born c.1829 - 1 June 1887), a die and stamp cutler from Morningside, Edinburgh. ^{[3] [4]}

His mother was Mary Smith (born c. 1829) from Edinburgh. James Smart Hay and Mary married on 1 July 1855 in Edinburgh. This was Mary's second marriage.

James Hay was born on 19 December 1856 in Queen St, Edinburgh. ^{[5] [6]}

1861 census, 22 Queen St, staying at maternal grandparents, parents also there. ^[7]
1871 census, 13 Grindlay St, born Queen St, Edinburgh. ^[8]
1881 census, 13 Grindlay Street, working as a draper's assistant. ^[9]
1891 13 Grindlay St., Edinburgh - Teacher of Drawing ^[10]
1901 17 Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh.
1901 census 13 Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh. ^[11]
1902 9 Merchiston Crescent, Edinburgh. ^[12]

In 1901 he was staying with his brother Thomas Majoribanks Hay (13 September 1861 - 29 October 1921), a landscape painter. ^{[13] [14]}

He was a Drawing Master at the Church of Scotland training college. ^[15]

He died on 14 April 1927 at 57 Merchiston Crescent, Morningside, Edinburgh. ^[16] The value of his estate was given as £2490, 13 shillings and 10 pence. ^[17]

Category:1856 births Category:1927 deaths Category:Scottish male painters