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ERROLL. XV. 1758. 15. James (Dovd, afterwards Hay), Earl of Erroll .iud Hereditary Constable [S.], grandncphew and heir, being s. and h. of William (Boyd), 4th Karl of KlUI&RNOCK [S.], by Ann, da. and h. of Jame3 (Livinostoxe), Kari, ok Linlithgow and CALENDAR [S.], and Margaret, his wife, yst. and only sister of Mary, tuu jure Countess of Kn oll abovenamed. Ht was b. 20 Dec. 1726: ed. at Dalkeith school and at die Univ. of Glasgow ; served in the 21st Foot, in 1 7 -J 5 , King George's side, and was allowed to succeed to the estates, tho' not to the peerage dignities of hit father, which had been forfeited in the Stuart cau3e, their possessor being executed IS Aog. 1746. lie took the name of Hag in lieu of that of Boyd, on succeeding to the Earldom of Erroll. At the Coronation of George III, he officiated as High Conttablt [S.] He wasa Lord of Police, 1767 ; ltEr. Peer [S.] 1770. He m. firstly, 15 Sep. 1719, Rebecca, da. of Alexander Lockhaut, of Craighouse, a Lord of .Session [S.], by the style of Lord Covington. She d. s.p.m., 2 May 1761, at Bristol. He m. secondly, 3, or 10 Aug. 1 762, at Ford, co. Northumberland, Isabella, eldest of the two daughters and coheirs of William Carr, of Etall in that county, styling himself a Barouet,( h ) by ( — ) his wife. He d. 3 July 177S, in his 53d year, at Calendar JIouse.( b ) Admon. 10 April 1779. His widow d. in Queen street, Edin- burgh, 3 and was bur. 10 Nov. 1S08, in Holyroodhouse chapel. Admon. March 1811. XVI. 1778. 16. George (Hat), Earl of Erroll, &c. [S.]. 1st s. and h. by 2d wife, b. 13 May 1767, at Slains afsd. ; ed. at Harrow school; served in the army, 1 "SO, becoming, 1745, Col. of the 1st Reg. of Foot Guards. ftsP. Peer fS.]. 1796 ; on which occasion bis right to the peerage was questioned on the ground of it having been originally a male lief, but was confirmed 19 May 1797, on the ground of the nomination^) of 1674. He m. 25 Jany. 1790, at Portpatrick, Elizabeth Jemima, sister of Joseph Henry, 1st Barox Wallscouht [I.], da. of Joseph Blakk, of Ardfry, co. Gahvay, by Honoris, da. of Dermot Daly. He (/. s.p. 14 June 1798, aged 31, at G renter's Hotel, and was bur. at St. Marylobone, Midx. His widow m. 12 Sep. 1816, at St. James', Westtn., the Rt. Hon: John Hookham Frere, who d. 7 Jany. 1816, in Ins 77th year She d. 17 Jany. 1831, at Malta, and was (as was her second husband) bur. there. Admon. 1S32. XVII. 1 798. 17. TVi lliam ( Rat-Cash.), Eael of Erroll, &c. [S.I, next br. and h., b. 12 March 1772 ; took, by royal lie. 28 March 1795, the name of Carr in lieu of that ot jfay on inheriting the estate of Etall (being that of his maternal grandfather) which, however, he forfeited on succeeding to the peerage ;(<») Knight Marischal [S>], 5 Feb. 1806 ; Rur. Peer [S.], 1806 and 1818 ; Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland. He m. firstly 9 Jany. 1792, at St. John's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Jane, da. of Matthew Bell, of WoO l fl icg ham. She d. s.p.m. 14 April 1 793, aged 23, at Etal afsd. lie m. secondly. 3 Aug. 1796, in London, Alicia, 3d da. of Samuel Elliott, of Antigua, by Alice, da. of Col. William Bvam, of Byams, in Antigua. She d. 21 April and was bur. 1 May 1812, at Bath Abbey. He m. thirdly, 14 Oct. 1S16, Harriet, sister of Mark, Kith Loud Somerville [S.], da. of ( a ) It was apparently on the death s.p. (1G Aug. 1776) of Sir Robert Kerr, 7th Bart. [S.], of Greenhead that William Carr, of Etall, assumed the title. See notice of this family of Kerr by Mr. R. R. Stodart, in "Her. and Gen." vol. vi, pp. 231-240, and see page 231 thereof, for such alleged descent. "Sir JViUiam" d. 11 April 1777, and was sue. in his "Baronetcy," by his br., "Sir Robert," "(a mercer on Ludgate Hill), who d. (also s.p.m.) 6 March 1791, in his S5th year. Their ancestry has, apparently, never been ascertained. (») Had it not been for the attainder of his father and grandfather he would have united in himself the four Scotch Earldoms of Erroll, Kilmarnock, Linlithgow and Calendar. His description is given at some length in Wood's "Douglas" (vol. i, p. 554) as being " of tho most graceful form, the most elegant, polished and popular manners," &c, it being also stated that "Dr. Johnson was positive that he resembled Homer'B character of Sarpedon." ( c ) It was urged on the other side that " there no where exists such a nomination,' neither is there anything to " specify the dates of the deeds of nomination supposed to be executed," &c., which arguments, if true, seems Very much ad rem. (<j) The cause was not concluded till 16 July 1806, when it was finally determined against tho Earl by a decree of Chancery. T