HAY, IAN, pen name of John Hay Beith (1876— ), British novelist, was born at Rusholme, near Manchester, on April 17, 1876, and educated at Fettes college, Edinburgh, and St. John's college, Cambridge. At the outbreak of the World War he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, loth Service Batt., was mentioned in despatches and decorated with the M.C. He is best known as the author of The First Hundred Thousand (1915), a humorous sketch of military life in the early days of recruiting, and its sequels, Carrying On (1917) and The Last Million (1918) . His novels include Pip (1907) ; A Man's Man (1909) ; Happy-Go-Lucky (1919, dramatized as Tilly of Bloomsbury) ; A Safety Match (1911, dramatized in 1921) ; A Knight on Wheels (1914) ; Paid With Thanks (19 2 5)•