Andrew (Hay) Hay Eighth Earl of Erroll (1537 - 1585)

Biography

Andrew (Hay) Hay Eighth Earl of Erroll is Notable.

Andrew (Hay) Hay Eighth Earl of Erroll is a member of Clan Hay.

Andrew was born in 1537 or 1545^{[citation needed]}. Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll was the son of George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll and Margaret Robertson.^[1][2]

He married, firstly, Lady Jean Hay, daughter of William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll and Lady Helen Stuart, circa 16 June 1552.^[2] By his marriage with Jean the male heirs and the female heirs were united. They had isue:

1. Lady Helen Hay+^[2]
2. Alexander Hay, Master of Erroll^[2]
3. Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll+^[2] d. 16 Jul 1631
4. Thomas Hay^[2] d. a 1610

He married, secondly, Lady Agnes Sinclair, daughter of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness and Lady Elizabeth Graham, circa 20 September 1581.^[2] They had issue:

1. George Hay+^[3] of Keillour, married Isabel Hay (widow of Patrick Hay of Megginch), dau. of Patrick Cheyne of Esselmont, and had issue.^[4]
2. William Hay^[2] of Fetterletter, married (1) Lilias Gordon, dau. of Sir George Gordon of Gight, and (2) as her third husband Marie Urquhart.^[4]
3. Lady Margaret Hay (died unmarried)^[4]

He succeeded to the title of 8th Lord Hay and to the title of 8th Earl of Erroll on 30 January 1573/74.^[2]

In 1576 at Slains Castle he was imprisoned by his brother, Laurence Hay.^[2]

He had charters to the barony of Erroll 10 Feb. 1548/9, to the barony of Slains and Innerpeffer 19 May 1565, and to the barony of Logie upon his father's resignation 13 Jan. 1573/4. ^[5]

Andrew died on 8 October 1585.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 569
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1336.
3. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 69.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Cracrofts Peerage
5. ↑ Reg. Mag. Sig.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll

• Wikidata: Item Q19901858, en:Wikipedia

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, ed., new ed., Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester, U.K., 2000- vol. XII/2, p. 69
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage- Charles Mosley, Ed., Burke's Peerage Ltd., 2003- Vol. I, p. 1336