George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll

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George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll († January 30, 1574 ) was a Scottish nobleman and politician .

He was the only son of Thomas Hay and Margaret Logie. His father was the younger son of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll, and died in 1513 at the Battle of Flodden Field .

In 1541, on the death of his second nephew William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll , he inherited his title as Earl of Erroll and Chief of Clan Hay and became the highest-ranking man in Scotland after the royal family .

He was an important supporter of the Scottish Queen Mary Queen of Scots and since 1561 at the latest a member of her Privy Council . In April 1567 he was one of the signatories to the Ainslie Tavern Bond , a document accepting the marriage of Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell . After Mary Stuart was overthrown in the summer of 1567, he refused in his inheritance as Lord High Constable of Scotland at the coronation of the new King James VI. to participate.

When he died in 1574, his eldest son Andrew inherited him.

Marriages and offspring

In 1528 George Hay married Margaret Robertson, the daughter of Alexander Robertson of Struan (Chief of the Clan Robertson ). The marriage had seven children:

In 1561 he married Helen Bruce, with whom he had a daughter:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jenny Wormald: Lords and Men in Scotland. John Donald, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0859761274 , p. 406.
predecessor Office successor
William Hay Earl of Erroll
1541-1574
Andrew Hay