Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (née FitzClarence; 17 January 1801 – 16 January 1856) 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.
The Right Honourable The Countess of Erroll | |
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The Countess of Erroll in 1842, by Henry Richard Graves | |
| Born | Elizabeth FitzClarence 17 January 1801 Bushy House, Teddington, England |
| Died | 16 January 1856 (aged 54) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Noble family | FitzClarence |
| Spouse(s) |
William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
(m. 1820; died 1846) |
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| Father | William IV |
| Mother | Dorothea Jordan |
In 1856, while ill herself, she was summoned from Scotland to visit her dying brother Adolphus. Her illness worsened and she died on the journey in Edinburgh, Scotland.