William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Erroll
KT, GCH, PC
The Right Honourable ; The Earl of Erroll KT, GCH, PC
Lord Steward of the Household
	In office; 21 November 1839 – 30 August 1841
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded by	The Duke of Argyll
Succeeded by	The Earl of Liverpool
Personal details
Born	21 February 1801
Died	19 April 1846; London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence (1801–1856)

William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll KT, GCH, PC (21 February 1801 – 19 April 1846), styled Lord Hay between 1815 and 1819, was a Scottish peer and politician.^[1]

Background and education

Erroll was the son of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll, and his wife Alice (née Eliot). His paternal grandfather was James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll, son of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (who was attainted with his titles forfeited in 1746). He became heir apparent to the earldom in 1815 on the death of his elder brother, Lord Hay. He was educated at Eton.^[2]

Political career

Erroll succeeded his father in the earldom in 1819, aged 18. In 1822 he was elected a Scottish Representative Peer and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was Master of the Horse to Queen Adelaide from 1830 to 1834. In 1831 he was sworn of the Privy Council and created Baron Kilmarnock, of Kilmarnock in the County of Ayr, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,^[3] a revival of the Kilmarnock title held by his great-grandfather. When the Whigs came to power under Lord Melbourne in 1835, Erroll was appointed Master of the Buckhounds.^[4] In 1839 he was promoted to Lord Steward of the Household on the decease of the Duke of Argyll, a post he held until the administration fell in 1841.

Apart from his political career Lord Erroll was also Knight Marischal of Scotland from 1832 to 1846 and Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire from 1836 to 1846.^[5]

Family

Lord Erroll married Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence, the illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothy Jordan, on 4 December 1820. They were the parents of four children:^[6]

Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay (18 October 1821 – 22 October 1867), one of the Queen's bridesmaids, married Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.
William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (3 May 1823 – 3 December 1891), married Eliza Amelia Gore on 20 September 1848.
Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay (12 May 1829 – 18 December 1869), who married James Duff, 5th Earl Fife in 16 March 1846. Their son, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, married Princess Louise, daughter of King Edward VII.
Lady Alice Mary Emily Hay (7 July 1835 – 7 June 1881) married Charles Edward Louis Casimir Stuart (1824–1882), nephew of fraud John Sobieski Stuart.

Lord Erroll died in London in April 1846, aged 45, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William. The Countess of Erroll died in January 1856, aged 54.

Ancestry

Family of William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

16. William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock

8. William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock

17. Eupheme Ross

4. James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll

18. James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow

9. Anne Livingston

19. Lady Margaret Hay of Erroll

2. William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll

10.Sir William Carr

5. Isabella Carr

1. William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

6. Samuel Eliot

3. Alicia Eliot

14. William Byam

7. Alice Byam

15. Anne Gunthorpe

References

^ Kidd, Charles (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. David Williamson (1990 ed.). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-04640-5.
^ Eton College (1863). The Eton school lists, from 1791 to 1850: every third year after 1793, with notes. E. P. Williams. p. 87. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ "No. 18808". The London Gazette. 31 May 1831.
^ "No. 19266". The London Gazette. 1 May 1835.
^ Taylor, James (1887). The Great Historic Families of Scotland. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Lodge, Edmund (1851). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Saunders and Otley. p. 222. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Erroll

Court offices
New office	Master of the Horse to Queen Adelaide 1830–1834	Succeeded by The Earl of Denbigh
Preceded by The Earl of Chesterfield	Master of the Buckhounds 1835–1839	Succeeded by The Lord Kinnaird
Preceded by The Duke of Argyll	Lord Steward 1839–1841	Succeeded by The Earl of Liverpool
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Gordon	Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire 1836–1846	Succeeded by The Earl of Aberdeen
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by William Harry Hay	Earl of Erroll 1819–1846	Succeeded by William Hay
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Kilmarnock 1831–1846	Succeeded by William Hay

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[1] Kidd, Charles (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. David Williamson (1990 ed.). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-04640-5.

[2] Eton College (1863). The Eton school lists, from 1791 to 1850: every third year after 1793, with notes. E. P. Williams. p. 87. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[3] "No. 18808". The London Gazette. 31 May 1831.

[4] "No. 19266". The London Gazette. 1 May 1835.

[taylor-5] Taylor, James (1887). The Great Historic Families of Scotland. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[6] Lodge, Edmund (1851). The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Saunders and Otley. p. 222. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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