The title Earl of Erroll is an ancient one in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay. The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ...

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. Edward, who served under Alexander I and David I is called chief of Davids knights (princeps militae), but the exact nature of the Constables military role in the 12th century is unclear. ...

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

The Earl of Errol is a Child ballad that appears to be based on incidents in the life of the 11th Earl. The Earl of Errol is Child ballad 231, existing in several variants. ... The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child. ...

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

Earls of Erroll (1453)

• William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll (d. c. 1462)
• Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll (d. 1470)
• William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll (d. 1507)
• William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll (d. 1513)
• William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll (d. 1541)
• William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll (c. 1521-1541)
• George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll (d. 1573)
• Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll (d. 1585)
• Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll (d. 1631)
• William Hay, 10th Earl of Erroll (d. 1636)
• Gilbert Hay, 11th Earl of Erroll (d. 1675)
• John Hay, 12th Earl of Erroll (d. 1704)
• Charles Hay, 13th Earl of Erroll (d. 1717)
• Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll (d. 1758)
• James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726-1778)
• George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll (1767-1798)
• William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll (1772-1819)
• William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll (1801-1846)
• William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (1823-1891)
• Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927)
• Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll (1876-1928)
• Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (1901-1941)
• Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (1926-1978)
• Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll (b. 1948)

Heir Apparent: his son Harry Thomas William Hay, Lord Hay (b. 1984 ) April 2 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul). ... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... Year 1573 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll (d. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (20 April 1726–3 July 1778) was the son of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, KT, GCH, PC (21 February 1801–19 April 1846) was a Scottish peer. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, premier peer of Scotland (born May 11, 1901; died January 24, 1941) was murdered at an intersection on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi while living in a small community of upper-class British colonials known as Happy Valley. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Merlin The Wiz Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll, (b 20 April 1948) is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Baron Kilmarnock