William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll

William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (12 March 1772 – 26 January 1819), known as Lord Hay until 1778, was a Scottish peer.[1]

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Erroll
Lord High Commissioner
In office
1817–1819
Preceded byThe Lord Napier
Succeeded byThe Earl of Morton
Personal details
Born
William Hay

(1772-03-12)12 March 1772
Died26 January 1819(1819-01-26) (aged 46)
Spouse(s)
Jane Bell
​
(
m. 1792; died 1793)

Alicia Eliot
​
(
m. 1796; died 1812)

Harriet Somerville
​
(
m. 1816; his death 1819)
RelationsWilliam Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (grandfather)
Children11
ParentsJames Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll
Isabella Carr

Early life

Erroll was the son of James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll and his second wife, Isabella Carr, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of William Carr of Etal in Northumberland. His elder sister, Lady Augusta Hay (the first wife George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow), succeeded to the Etal estate in 1806. From his father's first marriage to Rebecca Lockhart, he had one half-sibling, Lady Mary Hay, who married Gen. John Scott of Balcomie.[2]

His paternal grandparents were William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock and Lady Anne Livingston (a daughter of James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow).[2][3]

Career

In 1798, he succeeded to the earldom of Erroll following the death of his elder brother George, who died without issue.[2]

In 1805, he was appointed Knight Marischal of Scotland, serving until 1809.[4] He also served as a Representative Peer for Scotland (Whig) from 1806 to 1807 and, again, from 1818 to 1819.[2]

From 1817 to 1819, he was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.[2]

Personal life

He firstly married Jane Bell (d. 1793), the second daughter of Matthew Bell of Wolsingham.[5] in 1792. Before her death in 1793, they had one child together:[2]

Secondly, he married Alicia Eliot (d. 1812), the third daughter of Samuel Eliot and Alice (née Byam) Eliot (a daughter of Col. William Byam of Antigua), in 1796. Alicia was the sister-in-law of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Bt. (also the 16th Baron Le Despencer). Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:[2]

In 1816, he married, thirdly, to Harriet Somerville (d. 1864), sister of Mark Somerville, 16th Lord Somerville and third daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Somerville (second son of James Somerville, 13th Lord Somerville), by his second wife, Mary Digby (eldest daughter of Hon. Wriothesley Digby, son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby). They were the parents of three children, including:[2]

  • Rev. Hon. Somerville Hay (1817–1853), who married Lady Alicia Diana Erskine, third daughter of Henry Erskine, 12th Earl of Buchan, in 1843.[2]
  • Lady Fanny Hay (1818–1853), who married the Rev. Stephen Ralph Cartwright, Rector of Aynhoe, in 1848.[2]
  • Lady Margaret Hay (1819–1891), who married Frederick Astell Lushington, sixth son of Sir Henry Lushington, 2nd Baronet and Fanny Maria Lewis (sister and co-heiress of Matthew Gregory Lewis) in 1846.[2]

Lord Erroll died on 26 January 1819 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, William. His widow, the Dowager Countess of Erroll, died in 1864.[2]

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References
  1. Lodge, E.; Innes, A.; Innes, E.; Innes, M. (1834). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications Pf the Nobility, by Edmund Lodge, to which is Added a View of the Baronetage of the Three Kingdoms. Saunders and Otley. p. 182. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. "Erroll, Earl of (S, 1452)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. Edwards, Ed D.; Edwards, S. Elizabeth (2009). The Countess of Erroll. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4490-4830-3. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. Debrett, J. (1816). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. F.C. and J. Rivington. p. 652. Retrieved 30 April 2019. ...and was appointed knight marischal of Scotland, Feb. 5, 1805.
  5. Ranieval, The Marquis of Ruvigny and (2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. Heritage Books. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7884-1872-3. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Napier		 Lord High Commissioner
1817–1819		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Morton
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
George Hay		 Earl of Erroll
1798–1819		 Succeeded by
William Hay
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