William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll
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William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (12 March 1772 – 26 January 1819), known as Lord Hay until 1778, was a Scottish peer.
Erroll was the son of James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll and his second wife, Isabella Carr. He firstly married Jane Bell (d. 1793) in 1792, and they had one child together. Secondly, he married Alicia Eliot (d. 1812) in 1796, who was the sister-in-law of Sir Thomas Stapleton, 6th Bt. (also 16th Baron Le Despencer); they had seven children. Finally, Erroll married Harriet Somerville (d. 1864) in 1816.
Family
Issue by Jane Bell
- Lady Dulcibella Hay (1793-1885)
Issue by Alicia Eliot
- James Hay, Lord Hay (1797-1815; killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras)
- Lady Alicia Hay (1798-1799)
- Lady Isabella Hay (1800-1868)
- William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (1801–1846)
- Lady Harriet Jemima Hay (1803–1837), married 1822 Daniel Gurney (1791–1880)
- Lady Caroline Hay (1805-1877)
- Hon. Samuel Hay (1807–1847)
- Lady Emma Hay (1809-1841)
Issue by Harriet Somerville
- Rev. Hon. Somerville Hay (1817–1853)
- Lady Fanny Hay (1818-1853)
- Lady Margaret Hay (1819–1891)
Ancestors
| William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (1692–1717) | |||||||||||||||
| William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1705–1746) | |||||||||||||||
| Eupheme Ross | |||||||||||||||
| James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726–1778) | |||||||||||||||
| James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow (1692–1723) | |||||||||||||||
| Lady Anne Livingston (1707–1747) | |||||||||||||||
| Lady Margaret Hay (1692–1707) | |||||||||||||||
| William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (1772–1819) | |||||||||||||||
| Sir William Carr (1705–1777) | |||||||||||||||
| Isabella Carr (1747–1808) | |||||||||||||||