Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
Noble person
1801 – 1856
Who was Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll?
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan. She married William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, and became Countess of Erroll on 4 December 1820 at age 19. Due to Hay's parentage, William Hay became Lord Steward of the Household. Elizabeth and William Hay married at St George's, Hanover Square. Hay is pictured in a FitzClarence family portrait in House of Dun and kept a stone thrown at her father William IV and the gloves he wore on opening his first Parliament as mementos. She died in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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- Jan 17, 1801
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- Jan 16, 1856
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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