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3 unusual facts about Earl of Erroll


Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll

When her father was murdered in 1941, she inherited the earldom of Erroll and the lordship of Hay, while the barony of Kilmarnock had passed to her uncle, Gilbert Boyd, 6th Baron Kilmarnock.

Grahams of Fintry

He was Lieut-Colonel off the Angus regiment and he married Anne daughter of Colonel George Hay grandfather of Andrew 11th Earl of Erroll and a noted Royalist.

Lords of the Congregation

A letter sent to enlist the help of George Hay, Earl of Erroll, Hereditary Constable of Scotland, written 24 January 1560 focussed on their secular goal to expel the French garrisons and justifies their request for English military support.


Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet

His heraldic career began in 1978 when he was appointed Slains Pursuivant of Arms to the Chief of the Name and Arms of Hay, the Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland.


see also

Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll

Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and 4th Baron Kilmarnock, KCMG (17 October 1876 – 20 February 1928), was a British diplomat and briefly a member of the House of Lords.

William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll KT, GCH, PC (21 February 1801 – 19 April 1846), styled Lord Hay between 1815 and 1819, was a Scottish peer and politician.