Earl of Erroll

Earl of Erroll
This article is about The title Earl of Erroll. For the Child ballad, see The Earl of Errol.
Earldom of Erroll
Arms of the Earl of Errol
Creation date 1453
Created by James II of Scotland
Peerage Peerage of Scotland
First holder William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll
Present holder Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
Heir apparent Harry Thomas William Hay, Lord Hay
Remainder to heirs general of the body of the grantee
Subsidiary titles Lord Hay, Lord Slains, Baron Kilmarnock (1831-1941)


The Earl of Erroll is an ancient title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay.

The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay (created 1449) and Lord Slains (1452), both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the hereditary office of Lord High Constable of Scotland. The office was once associated with great power. The Earls of Erroll hold the hereditary title of Chief of Clan Hay.

The Earl of Erroll is one of four peers entitled to appoint a private pursuivant, with the title "Slains".

The current Earl of Erroll is Merlin Hay, the 24th Earl of Erroll.

Earl of Erroll is also the name of a Scottish National Dance, danced today at Highland Games around the world.

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Regrant of the Earl of Erroll

A regrant was one of the peculiarities in the Scottish law of Peerage, that a party might, by a resignation to the Crown, and a charter following upon such resignation, obtain power to nominate the heirs to succeed him in his honours and dignities. Some of the highest of the Scottish peerages are held under such nominations.[1] The 11th Earl of Erroll, Gilbert, on the 13th November 1666, obtained a regrant of his honours. This regrant had special power to nominate his heirs. This nomination was made in 1674 with Gilbert appointing his cousin Sir John Hay of Keillour and his heir male, failing which, appointing Sir John Hay of Keillour's heir female, and failing which, appointing certain Hays of Tweeddale. The 11th Earl of Erroll having died in 1674 without issue, Sir John Hay of Keillour became 12th Earl of Erroll. On his death in 1704, his son, Charles became the 13th Earl of Erroll. Charles died unmarried in 1717, when the title devolved on his sister, Mary. The 14th Countess of Erroll died in 1758 without issue. Mary's sister Margaret had previously died at Rome in 1723, however she had married James, 5th Earl of Linlithgow, 4th Earl of Callendar, and had issue, and it is from her that the present Earl of Erroll is descended.[2][3]

This regrant was questioned in the House of Lords in 1797. The then Earl of Lauderdale had questioned George, the 16th Earl of Erroll's right to vote at an election of the peers of Scotland. One of the objections made to the title was that the title of Earl of Erroll was claimed through a nomination. It was decided in 1748 in the case of the earldom of Stair that this power of nomination could not be validly exercised after the Union. The House of Lords, after a full inquiry, decided in favour of the 16th Earl of Erroll's right to the title. That the Earl of Erroll holds the honours of his house undoubtedly and without dispute, is clear from the decision of the House of Lords.[4]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8th Earl of Erroll
d. 1585
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9th Earl of Erroll
d. 1631
 
 George Hay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10th Earl of Erroll
d. 1636
 
 Sir Andrew Hay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11th Earl of Erroll
d. 1674 (no issue)
obtained regrant
 
 Sir John Hay
12th Earl of Erroll
d. 1704
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13th Earl of Erroll
d. 1717 (no issue)
 
 14th Countess
of Erroll
d. 1758 (no issue)
 
 Margaret Hay
d. 1723
m. 5th Earl of Linlithgow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lord Livingston
d. 1715 (no issue)
 
 Anne Livingston
d. 1747
m. 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15th Earl of Erroll
d. 1778
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16th Earl of Erroll
d. 1798 (no issue)
 
 17th Earl of Erroll
d. 1819
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Earls of Erroll (1453)

His heir apparent is his son Harry Thomas William Hay, Lord Hay (b. 1984).

Slains Pursuivant, Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick, is the private officer of arms of the Earl of Erroll

See also

References

  1. ^ Notes and Queries; p. 13; By Inc Chadwyck-Healey, William White; Published by Oxford University Press, 1852; link
  2. ^ thepeerage.com - Gilbert Hay, 11th Earl of Erroll
  3. ^ The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom; p. 578-580; by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931; Edinburgh: D. Douglas; Not in copyright link
  4. ^ Notes and Queries; p. 13; By Inc Chadwyck-Healey, William White; Published by Oxford University Press, 1852; link
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