aristocrat
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll.
British countess (1801–1856); sixth child and third illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothea Jordan
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About Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll was an illegitimate daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom and Dorothea Jordan. She married William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, and became Countess of Erroll on 4 December 1820 at age 19. Due to Hay's parentage, William Hay became Lord Steward of the Household. Elizabeth and William Hay married at St George's, Hanover Square. Hay is pictured in a FitzClarence family portrait in House of Dun, and kept a stone thrown at her father William IV and the gloves he wore on opening his first Parliament as mementos.
Everything about Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll →- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 17, 1801
- Died
- January 16, 1856