William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll ( – 28 July 1522) was a Scottish peer and statesman.
Biography
William Hay was the son of the
William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll and Christian Lyon. He had double royal lineage, descended from Kings
Robert II of Scotland
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and
James I of Scotland
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.
He inherited the earldom on 20 October 1513, aged approximately 18. In his role as
Lord High Constable of Scotland
The Lord High Constable is a hereditary, now ceremonial, office of Scotland. In the order of precedence of Scotland, the office traditionally ranks above all titles except those of the royal family.p60-61, Bruce, Alistair, Keepers of the Kingdo ...
, the young earl was sent as a commissioner to France in 1515 and to England in 1516.
Marriage and issue
William Hay married Elizabeth Ruthven, youngest daughter of
William Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven
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by his second wife, Christian Forbes, and had one son by her:
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William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll (1521 – 11 April 1541)
He died on 28 July 1522, not yet 30 years old. As his son William died under 21 years of age, the lands of
Errol, Perthshire were held by the Crown, until the end of 1541, when the title was inherited by
George Hay, the grandson of
William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll.
Ancestry
References
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1490s births
1522 deaths
Nobility from Perth and Kinross
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16th-century Scottish peers
Scottish diplomats