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George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll

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41: 170: 329:. The House of Lords, after a full inquiry, decided in favour of the 16th Earl of Erroll's right to the peerage. That he held the honours of the house of Erroll undoubtedly and without dispute, is clear from the decision of the House of Lords. 313:, questioned the right of the 16th Earl of Erroll to vote at an election of the representative peers of Scotland. One of the objections he made was that the Earldom of Erroll had been claimed through a nomination made by 792:
The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, by Edmund Lodge, to which is Added a View of the Baronetage of the Three
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Where a Scottish peer has no son, his peerage can be inherited by or descend through female heirs. Upon the death of
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On 25 January 1790, Lord Erroll was married to Elizabeth Jemima Blake (d. 17 January 1831 in Malta), the sister of
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George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll; George, Lord Haddo by John Kay etching, 1787
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Lord Erroll died on 14 June 1798 and was succeeded by his younger brother,
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that such a power of nomination could not be validly exercised after the
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Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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His wife Elizabeth, Countess of Erroll, by Thomas Anthony Dean,
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following the death of his father. In 1780, he entered the
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Elizabeth (2009). 853: 823: 821: 819: 817: 815: 813: 811: 388:Ancestors of George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll 273:From 1796 until his death in 1798, he was a 612:George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll (1772–1819) 207:, later 17th Earl of Erroll, who served as 847: 341:and a daughter of Joseph Blake of Ardfry ( 218:, and Lady Anne Livingston, a daughter of 39: 808: 531:James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow 299:James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow 220:James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow 168: 107: 943: 628: 624: 614: 511: 402: 398: 311:James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale 729: 723: 713: 701: 691: 687: 675: 668: 658: 646: 636: 632: 611: 601: 588: 578: 574: 562: 555: 545: 529: 519: 515: 499: 493: 483: 468: 458: 454: 442: 436: 426: 410: 406: 317:(died 1674) in favour of his kinsman 203:of Balcomie. His younger brother was 438:William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 412:William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock 295:William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 216:William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 214:Erroll's paternal grandparents were 122:William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock 157:(13 May 1767 – 14 June 1798) was a 13: 339:Joseph Blake, 1st Baron Wallscourt 14: 977: 796:. Saunders and Otley. p. 182 287:Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll 280: 197:George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow 355:Governor of Prince Edward Island 332: 315:Gilbert Hay, 11th Earl of Erroll 127:William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll 155:George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll 103: 881: 495:James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll 254:in 1792. In 1793, he became a 185:James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll 138:James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll 1: 966:Scottish representative peers 776: 589:Lady Margaret Hay (1692–1707) 246:. He was made Captain of the 230:In 1778, he succeeded to the 183:Erroll was the eldest son of 174: 164: 379: 275:Scottish representative peer 7: 829:"Erroll, Earl of (S, 1452)" 359:Governor of South Australia 10: 982: 833:www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk 626: 505: 400: 929: 920: 912: 905: 707: 689: 681: 652: 634: 630: 595: 576: 568: 539: 517: 513: 477: 456: 448: 420: 404: 225: 145: 133: 117: 86: 74: 55: 50: 38: 23: 16:Scottish peer and soldier 835:. 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Index

Colonel
The Right Honourable

William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll
James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll
Colonel
Scottish peer

James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll
Etal
Northumberland
George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow
John Scott
William Hay
Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
James Livingston, 5th Earl of Linlithgow
earldom of Erroll
British Army
Cornet
7th Dragoons
5th Dragoons
58th Regiment of Foot
Major
78th Regiment of Foot
Colonel
1st Regiment of Foot
Scottish representative peer
Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll

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