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 DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 185 Argent : a lion rampant, azure. (Trcst, A wyvern's head couped at the neck, vert, emitting flames, proper. Supporters, Two lions, azure, on the head of each aii earl's coronet, proper. Seat, Crom-castle, Newtown Butler, Fermanagh. Town Residence, 95, Eaton- square, S.VV. Club, Carlton. ERNE, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his uncle, Abraham, 2nd Earl of Erne, who succeeded his father, Sept. 15, 1328, and d, unmarried, June 20. 1842. Erris, Baron, title borne by the Earl of Kingston. ERROLL, EARL OF. Preserve the yoke. (HAY.) Sits as BARON KILMARXOCK. WILLIAM HARRY HAY, 18th Karl. Born May 3rd, 18-3; succeeded his father in 1846; was educated at Eton ; entered the Grenadier Guards as Ensign and Lieut. 1840, exchanged to the Rifle Brigade as Lieut. J841, became Capt. 1847, Major 1854, and retired 1860; served in the Crimea, and was severely wounded at the Alma; has received the Crimean medal and clasp, and the order of the Medjidie. Is Hereditary Lord High Constable and Knight Marischal of Scotland : married (1848) Eliza Amelia, a Lady of the Bed- chamber to Her Majesty, eldest daughter of Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, G.C.B., K.H., and has issue, living, Sons, Charles Gore, Lord Kilmarnock, b. 1852; educated at Harrow; appointed Cornet Royal Horse Guards, 1869, Lieut. 1872, and Capt. la/5 : m. 18/5, Mary Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Edmund and Lady Harriett L'Estrange. Rtsidence, 6, Beauford Gardens, S.W Arthur, h. 1855. Francis, b. 1864. Daughters, Cecilia Leila, b. I860. Florence Agnes Adelaide, b. 1872. Ulster living, Alice Mary Emily, b. 1835, m. 1874, (D'Albanie.) Creations, Baron Hay and Earl of Erroll, in the peerage of Scotland, 1452, Baron Kilmarnock, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, 1831. &vms, Argent: three escutcheons, two and one, gules. Crest, A falcon rising, proper, ^upportrrs, Two peasants, in russet habits, each holding an ox yoke, resting on his exterior shoulder, proper. Seat, Slains-castle, Cruden, Aberdeerishire. ERROLL, Earl of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, William George, K.T. G.C.H. IJth Earl of Erroll. He was b. Feb. 21, I8ul, and succeeded his father, Jan. 20, I8ig : m. Dec. 4, 1820, Lady Elizabeth Fitz Clarence, sister of the 1st Earl of Munster, and d. April iy, i84G, having had issue one son and three daughters. Her ladyship d. in 1856. ERSKINE, BARON. (ERSKINE.) THOMAS AMERICUS ERSKINE, 3rd Baron, Born May 3rd, 1802; succeeded his father in 1855 ; was educated at Harrow and at Edinburgh ; was appointed Attache at Turin 1824, at Naples 1S25, and at Lisbon 1827: married (1830) Louisa, daughter of George Newnham, Es-j. and widow of Thomas Legh, Esq. (this lady died, 1807.) Brut hers tiring, John Cadwalladcr, heir pre- sumptive, b. 1805 ; was educated at Haileybury;