William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

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William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, KT, GCH, PC (21 February 1801–19 April 1846), known as Lord Hay until 1819, was a Scottish peer.

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). In 1831 the Kilmarnock title held by his great-grandfather was revived when he was created Baron Kilmarnock, of Kilmarnock in the County of Ayr, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Lord Erroll married Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence (17 January 1801 - 16 January 1856), the illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothy Jordan, on 4 December 1820. They were the parents of four children;

• Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay (1821 - 22 October 1867)
• William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (3 May 1823 - 3 December 1891)
• Lady Alice Mary Emily Hay (c. 1825 - 7 June 1881)
• Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay (12 May 1829 - 18 December 1869), who married James Duff, 5th Earl Fife. Their son, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, married Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII.

He died in London in 1846 and was succeeded by his eldest son, William.

Political offices
Preceded by New post	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
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by William Harry Hay	Earl of Erroll 1819–1846	Succeeded by William Hay
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Kilmarnock 1831–1846	Succeeded by William Harry Hay

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.