William Hay, 10th Earl of Erroll

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Erroll
PC

Arms of the Earl of Erroll
14th Lord High Constable of Scotland
In office
1631  7 December 1636
Preceded by Francis Hay
Succeeded by Gilbert Hay
Personal details
Born before 1597
Died 7 December 1636
Errol, Scotland

William Hay, 10th Earl of Erroll PC (before 1597 7 December 1636) was a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll by his third wife, Lady Elizabeth, daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton.[1]

He succeeded to the earldom after his father's death in 1631. He became a member of the Privy Council on 28 May 1633. He also succeeded to the title of Lord High Constable of Scotland, and took part in the Scottish coronation of King Charles I of Holyrood Abbey on 18 June 1633.

The earl lived such an extravagant lifestyle that he was forced to sell off the family's namesake lands in Errol, which had been granted to his forebearers by King William the Lion in the 12th century.[2]

Marriage and issue

In September 1618, he married Anne Lyon, only daughter of Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne. They had issue:

  1. Gilbert Hay (13 June 1631–1674)
  2. Lady Margaret, married 1638 Lord Henry Ker, son of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe; secondly in 1644; John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis[3]


References

  1. James Balfour Paul (1906). The Scots Peerage: Volume 3. D. Douglas. p. 576.
  2. Balfour Paul, p. 578.
  3. Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. Debrett's. 1831. p. 551. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Francis Hay
Lord High Constable of Scotland
16311636
Succeeded by
Gilbert Hay
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Francis Hay

Earl of Erroll

16311636
Succeeded by
Gilbert Hay
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