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 Robert Hannay of Mochrum, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir Robert Hannay of Mochrum, 1st Bt. and Jane Stewart.mHe died on 30 April 1689 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, without issue. He was buried at St. Michael's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Hannay, of Mochrum, co. Kirkcudbright [N.S., 1630] on 8 January 1657/58. He gained the rank of Captain of Foot in 1661. On his death, his baronetcy became dormant for nearly 100 years. Born. c.1742, 2nd son of William Hannay of Kirkdale by Margaret (m.1740), da. of Rev. Patrick Johnston