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  Earl of Erroll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Earl of Erroll is an ancient one in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Earl of Erroll is one of three peers entitled to appoint a private pursuivant, with the title "Slains".
The Earl of Errol is a Child ballad that appears to be based on incidents in the life of the 11th Earl.
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 Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter IV - Earldom and Earls of Erroll - Section III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Earl died on the 14th of January, 1506, and was interred at the Abbey Church of Coupar.
Earl William died at Edinburgh on the 28th of July, 1522, and was interred at the Abbey Church of Coupar.
Earl George first married Margaret, a daughter of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, by whom he had four sons and two daughters; and secondly, he married Helen, a daughter of Walter Bruce, of Pitcullen, and by her he had a daughter, Jean.
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 Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter IV - Earldom and Earls of Erroll - Section VI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On the 20th of January, 1620, the Earl of Erroll received a Commission to hold Justice Courts within the bounds of the barony of Slams and the parish of Turriff.
It also appears that the Earls of Erroll had a lodging in the town, which stood on a bank on the east side and at the top of the road leading from the town to the railway station.
The young Earl, though a minor, was commanded by a committee of Parliament sitting at Perth in December, 1650, to attend at the coronation of Charles II.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/earldoms/chapter4s6.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll, (born 20 April 1948) is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, Chief of Scottish clan Hay, and hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.
He succeeded his mother in 1978 as Earl of Erroll, and in 1985, his father as a Baronet.
Erroll has worked as a marketing and computer consultant, is a Freeman of the City of London and a Member, Court of Assistants of Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and was Prime Warden of the Company in 2000–01.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merlin_Hay,_24th_Earl_of_Erroll   (244 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll and others
She married Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll, son of William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll and Eliza Amelia Gore, on 11 August 1875.
She married Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, son of Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and Mary Lucy Victoria Mackenzie, on 22 September 1923.
She married Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, son of Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and Mary Lucy Victoria Mackenzie, on 8 February 1939.
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 Port Erroll Primary School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Port Erroll School is situated in the small picturesque coastal village of Cruden Bay, twenty-five miles north of Aberdeen, the oil capital of Europe.
It is said that the castle inspired Bram Stoker to write 'Dracula' after visiting the Earl of Erroll on one of his many visits to Cruden Bay.
Due to its location around the Bay of Cruden, Cruden Bay was established as the name of the settlement beyond Port Erroll and the harbour with an extension of the railway line from Ellon at the turn of the twentieth century.
www.porterroll.aberdeenshire.sch.uk /area_001.htm   (508 words)

  
 Hay - Scottish Clans of Perthshire
The 5th Earl of Erroll was created Lord Lieutenant of this part of Scotland while Mary I (Queen of Scots) was in France and her mother, Mary of Lorraine, was Regent.
Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll plotted with the Earls of Huntly and Angus to depose Elizabeth I of England with the young James VI and create a united Britain.
George Hay, 3rd Earl of Kinnoull fought at the Battle of Tippermore in 1644 with Montrose in support of Charles I. The Earl of Erroll, 13th and last male in the line, opposed the Union of Parliaments with England in 1707.
www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /clans-hay.htm   (366 words)

  
 Slains - Clan Hay Website
In 1513 the Hays of Erroll and the Hays of Yester with 87 gentlemen of their same name were all killed at the battle of Flodden along with King James IV of Scots.
Where the forces of Francis Hay,9th Earl of Erroll and George Gordon 6th Earl of Huntly routed the Campbells of Argyll and the MacLeans who were fighting on behalf of King James VI.
Archibald the 'Red' Douglas,8th Earl of Angus of Tantallon castle, perched on cliffs beside the Firth of Forth in the south east.
www.clanhay.net /CASTLES/OldSlains.php   (3404 words)

  
 The 'Ugly' Cause Of World War Two
Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, a prominent British colonial politician, knew the real cause of the Second World War and had the stature to be heard.
Erroll's body was found in the early morning of Jan. 24, 1941 kneeling in the front passenger foot well of his car with a bullet wound behind the ear murdered execution style.
Erroll, a widower was having an affair with a married woman Diana Broughton and had dropped her at her home nearby after midnight.
www.rense.com /general70/cause.htm   (1471 words)

  
 House of Boyd Society History
The third Earl opposed the Stuart claim during the rising of 1715 and commanded a regiment of Ayrshire volunteers.
The eighteenth Earl of Erroll was created Baron Kilmarnock in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831.
The twenty-second Earl of Erroll died in Kenya in 1941 leaving a daughter who, although entitled to succeed to the Scottish earldom of Erroll and the chiefship of Clan Hay, was excluded from the barony of Kilmarnock which, as a United Kingdom title, could only pass to males.
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 Boyd-Hay
James Boyd (1726-1778) oldest surviving* son of William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, after the execution of his father for his part in the "Rising" of 1745, sold his Kilmarnock estates to his cousin, the Earl of Glencairn.
James, as a grandson of the 5th Earl of Linlithgow and Margaret Hay, sister of Mary, succeeded to the title as 15th Earl of Erroll.
Diana Denyse Hay succeeded as 23rd Countess of Erroll on the death of her father in 1941.
www.clanboyd.info /history/boydhay   (594 words)

  
 Alibris: Earl
Earl Woods offers his personal philosophy of life and relates his experiences raising his son, Tiger, who became a master golfer.
In 1941, Josslyn Hay, the 22nd Earl of Erroll was found murdered in a decadent colonial British outpost called Happy Valley, near Nairobi, Kenya.
In a voice as rich as it is recognized, James Earl Jones lends his narrative talents to the King James Version of the New Testament.
www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Earl   (1239 words)

  
 SlainsCastle
Slains castle was originally the seat of Clan Hay, the Earls of Erroll.
Originally there was an earlier castle which was blown up by James VI, as punishment for the 9th Earl of Erroll’s involvement in a revolt against the King.
Returning from exile in 1597, the 9th Earl built a new castle using the foundation of an old tower house, above the cliffs at Cruden Bay.
www.tartan.tv /Web/Site/NewSite/Directory/Heritage/Slains.asp   (183 words)

  
 Lord Errol
Lord Erroll had the fascist emblem copied in silver which he wore on the sporran with his traditional Scottish dress to the Blackshirt Cabaret Ball, where the guests were entertained by the Blackshirt Dance Band* and the Blackshirt Salon Orchestra*.
In June 1934, Lord Erroll, was at the big Olympia meeting, when the Blackshirts had their first real victory against the attempts by the Communist Party to end free speech in Britain.
The book claims, and is probably correct in saying, that because Lord Erroll was involved, with leading establishment figures in a scheme to bring about a negotiated peace with Germany, which was the policy of the B.U.F. he had to be silenced.
www.oswaldmosley.com /people/lorderroll.html   (668 words)

  
 savethemales.ca - exposing feminism and the new world order
By Henry Makow Ph.D. Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, a prominent British colonial politician, knew the real cause of the Second World War and had the stature to be heard.
Erroll was one of latter who sincerely believed Hitler represented a bulwark to Communism.
Erroll was silenced because he was an opponent of Communism, and could discredit Churchill and the British war effort.
www.savethemales.ca /001523.html   (2164 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Sir Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll and others
She married Sir Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll, son of Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Bt.
He is the son of Sir Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll and Isabelle Astell.
She is the daughter of Sir Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll and Isabelle Astell.
www.thepeerage.com /p4632.htm   (932 words)

  
 Earl Baby Names - Earl Names
Please click on each of these Earl names for more details, view more Earl names from Lord to Snowden, or search for "earl" for girls.
First recorded as a given name in the 16th century, but its wider use was probably inspired by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper in the early 19th century, who was a noted humanitarian who inspired much of the legislation designed to improve conditions among working classes...
View Earl baby names 16-19 from Lord to Snowden, or click on a page number for more Earl baby names.
www.thinkbabynames.com /search/1/earl   (254 words)

  
 Dead Reckoning
The Happy Valley killing of Captain the Hon Josslyn Victor Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, is one of those mysteries whose fascination never dies.
But when Erroll began a torrid affair with Diana, the wife of only two months of Sir Jock Delves Broughton, some were not surprised that, in January 1941, Erroll's body was found in his car, a bullet in his brain.
We are expected to believe that the executioner, a woman Erroll knew intimately, hailed his car and asked him for a lift into Nairobi, and he did not recognise her because she had been disguised by a make-up artist from the Nairobi amateur dramatic club.
www.charlesdance.co.uk /erroll.html   (861 words)

  
 The EastAfrican
It was with the Sallyport papers, compiled by former Intelligence officer Tony Trafford, that the whole picture of the political assassination of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, emerged.
The operation to assassinate Lord Erroll was implemented, executed and financed by SOE, finance being obtained from special sources and unspecified funds.
Through Mosley, Lord Erroll was put into contact with an extremely powerful cabal of British government officials in the Civil Service and Foreign Office and of senior officers of the Royal Navy, Army, RAF and police, as well as senior members of the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/22052000/Features/PA15.html   (3292 words)

  
 The Hay Escutcheons
The ox-yoke weapon from the battle story is borne today by the two supporters in the Earl of Erroll's armorial achievement (as shown in the old Debrett illustration above), and is also a personal badge of the Earl as Chief of Clan Hay.
William's great-great-grandson, Sir Gilbert, 5th feudal Baron of Erroll, one of the heroes of Bannockburn, was created the Hereditary Great Constable of Scotland (now the Lord High Constable of Scotland).
The spelling of Erroll was standardised quite late, as was the spelling of most names in the British Isles, so the shorter version "Errol" used by this edition of Debrett's Peerage should not be treated as authoritative.
www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-02/moa-12.html   (672 words)

  
 Book Review
For 59 years (the body of the Earl of Erroll was discovered on the outskirts of Nairobi on 24 January 1941), the members of the Club have stared patiently into their gin and tonics as an endless parade of journalists turned amateur detectives have expounded their theories about who the murderer was.
The 39-year-old Earl, and Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, was the uncrowned king of the Happy Valley set, a hard-drinking, philandering rake who got a sporting thrill from cuckolding his male friends.
Merlin Hay, the current Earl of Erroll, decided to make his grandfather's correspondence available to her after she persuaded him her book would be a serious work of history, not an excuse to rehash old gossip.
www.charlesdance.co.uk /lorderroll.html   (2250 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 39
Hay, William George, Earl of Erroll 18th, b.
Hay, William of Erroll, Earl of Erroll 3rd
Hay, William of Erroll, Earl of Erroll 6th, b.
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 Alexander, Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
6th Earl Fife of Braco and Dipple, Viscount Macduff, and Baron Braco of Kilbryde, in the County of Cavan, and Peerage of Ireland; 2nd Baron Skene, of Skene in the County of Aberdeen, and Peerage of the United Kingdom (The Rt Hon Alexander William George (Duff), Earl of Fife)
Earl of Fife, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Duke of Fife, and Earl of Macduff, in the County of Fife and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with special remainder to his daughters.
www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1849fife.htm   (352 words)

  
 MyClan.com : Clan Boyd : Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Those opposed to the Boyds began to conspire against them, and eventually persuaded the king that the ambition of this family was a threat to the throne itself.
The Earl of Arran had been abroad on state business, and on learning of the total reversal of his family’s fortunes he accepted his exile, and was well received at royal courts throughout Europe.
Consequently, the brother of the twenty-second Earl resumed the name of Boyd and succeeded to the barony.
www.myclan.com /clans/Boyd_7/default.php   (952 words)

  
 Hay family
In 1513 the Hays of Erroll (including Gilbert Hay of Delgatie Castle) and the Hays of Yester with 87 men of their same family name were all killed at the battle of Flodden Field along with King James IV of Scots.
Patrick Con of Auchry, was captain of the cavalry in the army of the Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland.
In 1708, Charles, the 13th Earl of Erroll opposed the union of Scotland and England, organized the Jacobite uprising and was imprisoned for it.
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 Cruden history
The current Slains Castle was built by Francis the 9th Earl of Erroll about 1596 and was extensively rebuilt in 1836.
George Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll, was made Baron Lord Kilmarnock in 1833 and took the office of privy Councillor.
The estate and Slains Castle were sold by the 20th Earl of Erroll in 1916 to the shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman along with 7200 acres of land.
www.danielsd.demon.co.uk /cruden.htm   (2137 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
His grandson, 3rd Baron of Erroll, was co-Regent of Scotland.
Later the belt, Earl of Erroll, was given to William the 9th chief.
The 9th and 10th Earls held the office of Lord Lyon until that role became standardised.
www.camelotintl.com /roots/clans/ha.html   (188 words)

  
 Rupert Hart-Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This daughter married an Earl of Erroll, whose daughter Lady Agnes Hay (1829-1869) married 1846 James Duff, Earl Fife (father of the 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912) who married the eldest daughter of King Edward VII).
They had issue 1 son (the 19th Earl of Erroll) and 3 daus - Lady Adelaide "Ida" Hay (who married the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough) Lady Agnes Hay (ancestor of Rupert Hart-Davis), and Lady Alice Hay (who married a person claiming to be a legitimate Stuart prince).
Lady Agnes Hay (12 May 1829-18 December 1869); second daughter of the 18th Earl of Erroll and his wife a daughter of King William IV (and thus a cousin of Queen Victoria).
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Rupert_Hart-Davis   (1080 words)

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