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 274 ERROLL — ERSKINE. Lieut Col. the lion. Hugh Someuyille, by his second wife, Mary, da. of the Hon. Wriothesley Diqby. He d. 26 Jany. 1819, aged 46. Admon. April 1819. His widow who was 6. 23 May 1786, d. 28 Jany. 1864, at Roaiere, Lyudhurst, Hants, aged 77. [James Carr, 1st s. and h. ap. by 2d wife, h. 7 July 1797, styled Lord Hat. 179S-1S15. He d. unm. and v.p., being slain at the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, aged 18.] XVIII. 1819. IS. "William George (Hay), Earl op Erroll, &c. [S.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., by second wife, b. 21 Feb. 1801 ; styled Loud Hay, 1S15-19. He m. (when under age) 1 Dec. 1S20, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Miss Elizabeth Fitz Clarence, illegit. da. of Jf.Jl.H. William Henry, Duke of Clarence (afterwards, 1830-37, King William IV.), by " Mrs. Jordan," i.e., Dora da. of Francis Bland, of co. Kerry. He was elected a Rbp. Peer [S.J, 1S26; made (by his Royal father-in-law) G-.C.H. in 1830 ; and was, 17 June 1831, er. BARON KILMARNOCK of Kilmarnock,(») co. Ayr [U.K.] ; P.C., 1831 ; K.T., 1831 ; Master of the Buckhounds, 1835-10 ; Steward of the Household, 1840-41 ; Lieut. Gen. of the Royal Archers [S.] ; Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen ; Lord Lieut, of co. Aberdeen, &c. He d, 19 April 1846, aged 45, in Portmau square, Midx. Will pr. Dec. 1817. His widow d. 16 Jany. 1856, aged 55, at Edinburgh. Will pr. Feb. 1856. XIX. 1846. 19. William Henry (Hay), Earl of Erroll and Hereditary Constable [S.], also Bahon Kilmarnock [U.K.], 1S31, only s. aud h., 6. 2 May 1823, styled Lord Hay till 1831 and then, apparently, styled Loud Kilmarnock; served in the army 1841 to 1SC0, being severely wounded at the battle of Alma 20 Sep. 1854, and becoming, in 1855, Major in the Rifle Brigade. Ho TO, 20 Sep. 1848, at Montreal, Eliza Amelia, 1st da. of Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, G.C.B., by Sarah Rachel, da. of James Fuazer, member of the Council of Nova Scotia. She, who was 6. 24 Feb. 1829, was a lady of the Bedchamber 1872. V.A., 2d class. [Charles Gore Hay-, styled Lord Kilmarnock, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 11 and rf. 12 Oct. 1850]. [Cilarles Gore Hay, styled Loud Kilmarnock, '2d but 1st surv. 8, and h. ap., b. 7 Feb. 1852, at Montreal; entered the Royal Horse Guards, 1869; Lieut. Col., 1887, and Silver Stick in Waiting, He m. 11 Aug. 1875, at St. Michael's, Muncaster, Mary Caroline, yst. da. of Edmonil L'Estuanuk, of Tyute Lodge, co. Leitrim, by Henrietta Susan Beresford, sister of Richard Georgo (Ld.mley), 9th Earl op Scaubrough. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of 4,249 acres in co. Aberdeen and 4,015 in Northumberland. Total 8,264 acres, worth £9,599 a year. Principal Residence. Slains Castle, near Cruden, co. Aberdeen. ERSKINE. Barony [S.] 1, 8lB Robert Erskine, of that Ilk [i.e., Erskine, I. 1426? on tlic c 'y de ]> 8 - Rnd h. of Sir Thomas E. of the same by Janet,( b ) da. and h. of Sir Edward Keith, of Syntoun, was taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, in 1402 ; sue. his father about 1419, was one (*) Kilmarnock is the peerage title of the Earldom [S.] to which he would by paternal descent (from the Boyd family) have been entitled if the attainder of the 4th Earl, in 1746, had been reversed. (l>) This Janet Keith, to whom (tho' she had a daughter by a first husband) this Robert Erskine was heir, brought into the Erskine family the right to the ancient £arldom of Mar [S.], thro' her mother Christian, da. of Sir John Menteith, by Elyue, sister of Donald and da. of Gratney, Earls of Mar. [S.]