Publications
Tory and Whig : the parliamentary papers of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford, 1716-1753, edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 2 July 1998 (xcii + 390 pp., Woodbridge : Boydell Press, ISBN-10: 0851155898 & ISBN-13: 9780851155890) accessible at: British Library
Abstract:The parliamentary papers of Edward Harley and William Hay offer a unique insight into the politics of the 1730s and 1740s. The journals kept by the men during the latter part of Sir Robert Walpole's premiership provide two contrasting perspectives: Harley was a leading figure in the Tory party, and a fierce critic of the Whig ministry; Hay was an independently-minded but committed ministerialist. Hay gives an account of events in the Commons, while Harley, who succeeded to the earldom of Oxford in 1741, has a rare insider's view into proceedings in the House of Lords during the Whig supremacy. Other parliamentary papers include Hay's letters to Newcastle, providing a fascinating account of the bitterly contested elections of 1734 in Sussex and Lewes.
William Hay, M.P. for Seaford (1695-1755), edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 11 May 2010 in Parliamentary History (vol. 29, issue s1, article, pp.lxi-lxxxvii) View Online
Abstract:A supplement to Parliamentary History: Parliamentary Record Series, volume 1: Tory and Whig - The Parliamentary Papers ofEdward Harley, Third Earl of Oxford, and William Hay, M.P. for Seaford, 1716-1753, Edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones.
William Hay's parliamentary papers, edited by Stephen Taylor and Clyve Jones, published 11 May 2010 in Parliamentary History (vol. 29, issue s1, article, pp.280-340) View Online