Alice Ivy Hay, d 1982

Alice Ivy Wigmore, daughter of Herbert John Wigmore was born in Victoria, Australia. She moved to Britain when she was 12 years old to study at the Royal College of Music in London, and later became a distinguished violinist. Much of her adult life was spent in Northeast Scotland, where she became well known as a public speaker and for her charitable work, in particular, her involvement with the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem and the Red Cross. She married Major Malcolm Vivian Hay (1881 - 1962) of Seaton in 1956, after the death of her first husband, Walter Edward Moncrieff Paterson of Tilliefoure.

Published works include Under the Eiderdown: the Diary of a Dachshund, illustrated by John B. Souter, (Bala: Chapple, 1961); There was a Man of Genius: Letters to my Grandson Orde Jonathan Wingate (London: Spearman, 1963), which was published as a tribute to her son-in-law, Major General Orde Charles Wingate, who was sent to Palestine as an Intelligence Officer during the Second World War; and a biography of her husband, Valiant for Truth: Malcolm Hay of Seaton (London: Spearman, 1971).

For a brief outline of her life and works see Valiant for Truth: Malcolm Hay of Seaton (London: Spearman, 1971).