claim: South Island only has 23 percent of New Zealand's million working class.
evidence: George Hay , 7th Marquess of Tweeddale DL -LRB- 1753 -- 9 August 1804 -RRB- was a Scottish peer .. Deputy Lieutenant. Scottish peer. Peerage of Scotland. Marquess of Tweeddale. Marquess of Tweeddale. George Hay. George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. Hay was a great-grandson of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale , and in 1787 he inherited the titles of his first cousin once-removed , the 6th Marquess .. 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. first cousin once-removed. cousin chart. 6th Marquess. George Hay, 6th Marquess of Tweeddale. Marquess of Tweeddale. Marquess of Tweeddale. He then became a Burgess of Edinburgh a year later , Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire in 1794 , and a Scottish representative peer in 1796 .. Burgess. Burgess ( title ). Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire. Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire. Scottish representative peer. List of Scottish representative peers. On 18 April 1785 , he married Lady Hannah Maitland -LRB- a daughter of the 7th Earl of Lauderdale -RRB- and they had -LRB- with two other unmarried daughters -RRB-  :. 7th Earl of Lauderdale. James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale. George , Earl of Gifford ; later 8th Marquess of Tweeddale -LRB- 1787 -- 1876 -RRB-. Marquess of Tweeddale. Marquess of Tweeddale. Lord James -LRB- 1788 -- 1862 -RRB- , army general , married Elizabeth Forbes. Lord John -LRB- 1793 -- 1851 -RRB- , rear-admiral , married Mary Cameron. Lord John. Lord John Hay ( Royal Navy rear-admiral ). Lord Edward George -LRB- 1799 -- 1862 -RRB- , colonel , died unmarried. Lord Thomas -LRB- 1800 -- 1890 -RRB- , religious minister , married Harriet Kinloch. Lady Julia Tomasina -LRB- 178i97 ;d .. 1835 -RRB- , married John Hobhouse the 1st Baron Broughton. 1st Baron Broughton. John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton. Ladu Elizabeth -LRB- d. 1868 -RRB- , married James Hope-Vere -LRB- a great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Hopetoun -RRB-. 1st Earl of Hopetoun. Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun. Lady Dorothea Frances -LRB- d. 1875 -RRB- , married John Ley. Lady Hannah Charlotte -LRB- d. 1876 -RRB- , married John Tharp -LRB- a grandson of the 4th Earl of Dunmore -RRB-. 4th Earl of Dunmore. John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. As a result of the marquess 's declining health , he and his wife went to travel the Continent in 1802 , starting in France .. the Continent. Europe. France. France. It was here that they were captured by Napoleon 's police a year later , with other British subjects , when war was renewed between the two countries .. They were then imprisoned in the fortress at Verdun and the marchioness died there on 8 May 1804 , as did the marquess during the following August .. Verdun. Verdun. Category  :1753 births. Category  :1804 deaths. Category  : Lord-Lieutenants of East Lothian. Category  : Scottish representative peers. Category  : Marquesses of Tweeddale