William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (3 May 1823 – 3 December 1891), styled Lord Hay between 1823 and 1831, and Lord Kilmarnock from 1831 to 1846, was a Scottish peer.

Early life

William Harry Hay was born on 3 May 1823. He was the only son of four children born to Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence and

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. His elder sister, Lady Ida Hay, married

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(her descendants include the

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, the

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and the Baronets of Bellingham). His younger sisters were Lady Agnes Hay, wife of

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(her son,

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, married

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, daughter of

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), and Lady Alice Hay, who married Charles Edward Louis Casimir Stuart, Count d'Albanie (nephew of fraud

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). His paternal grandparents were

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and, his second wife, the former Alicia Eliot (third daughter of Samuel Eliot of

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). His mother was the illegitimate daughter of King

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by his mistress, the famous comic actress Dora Bland (who was known as "Mrs. Jordan"). His maternal aunts and uncles were

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, Henry FitzClarence, Sophia FitzClarence (wife of

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), Mary FitzClarence (wife of

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, Augusta FitzClarence,

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, and Amelia FitzClarence (wife of

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Career

Lord Erroll served as the third

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from 1832 to 1839 (for his grandfather, King William IV, from 1832 to 1837, and for

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, his grandfather's niece, from 1837 to 1839). From 1841 to 1860, he served in the

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Personal life

On 20 September 1848, he was married to Eliza Amelia Gore (1829–1916), the eldest daughter of Gen. Hon. Sir

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(the third son, by his second wife, of

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) and the former Sarah Rachel Fraser (eldest daughter of James Fraser, a member of the Council of Nova Scotia). The Countess of Erroll served as a

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(wife of King

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) beginning in 1872. Together, they were the parents of seven children: * Hon. Charles Gore Hay, Master of Erroll, ''styled'' Lord Kilmarnock (1850–1850), who died in infancy. * Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852–1927), who married Mary Caroline L'Estrange, youngest daughter of Edmund L'Estrange of Tynte Lodge. * Capt. Hon. Arthur Hay (1855–1932), who served in

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in 1882 and

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in 1887 and was a

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from 1896 to 1925; he was awarded CVO. * Lady Florence Alice Hay (1858–1859), who died young. * Lady Cecilia Leila Hay (1860–1935), married Capt. George Allan Webbe of Errollston (d. 19 Feb 1925), in 1883. * Hon. Francis Hay (1864–1898), a

. * Lady Florence Agnes Adelaide Hay (1872–1935), who married Maj. Henry Wolrige-Gordon (d. 1923) in 1895. Lord Erroll died on 3 December 1891. His widow, the Dowager Countess of Erroll, died on 11 March 1916.

Descendants

Through his eldest surviving son Charles, he was a grandfather of Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, who died in 1928 a year after becoming the 21st Earl of Erroll.

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erroll, William Hay, 19th Earl Of 1823 births 1891 deaths People educated at Eton College 19 British Army officers Pages of Honour