Richard Hannay returns to the front lines and participates in desperate fighting following the Germans' massive, last-ditch effort to win the war. Soon after the end of the war, Hannay marries Mary Lamington, and the following year they have a son, Peter John Hannay. The boy is named after Hannay's two great friends John Scantlebury Blenkiron (an American businessman and spy who had often helped him) and Peter Pienaar ("Mr Standfast"), an old Boer scout who seems to have been a kind of father-figure to him. The family settles in Mary's old home in the Cotswolds, Fosse Manor, Oxfordshire and Hannay (now
Hannay baronets born circa 1598. He was the son of Alexander Hannay of Sorbie. He married Jane Stewart. He died on 8 January 1657/58 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He was buried on 24 January 1657/58 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He died intestate and his estate was administered to his son, Sir Robert Hannay on 29 November 1658. He held the office of Clerk of the Nichells [Ireland] between 19 October 1629 and 30 May 1639. He was created 1st Baronet Hannay, of Mochrum, co. Kirkcudbright [Nova Scotia] on 31 March 1630, with a special remainder to his heirs male. Sir