Clan Hay
- Hay of Leys Hay of Pitfour
- Hay of Kinfauns (Baron Hay of Kinfauns, Viscount Duplin, Earl of Kinnoull ) Hay of Cromlix (Lord Cromlix; Viscount of Innerpaphrie, Earl of Inverness, Duke of Inverness in the Jacobite Peerage )
- Hay of Seggieden
- Hay of Linplum ( Baronet of Linplum ) Hay of Alderston ( Baronet of Alderston ) Hay of Restalrig ( Restalrig of Baronet in the Jacobite Peerage )
- Hay of Duns Castle
- Hay of Nunraw
- Hay of Park ( Baronet of Park )
Hay is the name of a Scottish clan, which has played a major role in Scottish history and politics. Members of the clan can be found in most parts of Scotland and in many other parts of the world. The heart of the Hay family located in the northeast of Scotland, in Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Morayshire Nairnshire and while other districts such as Perthshire, which have Scottish Borders and Shetland a high number of members.
History
The name of the clan goes back to several villages on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, who were called La Haye. The word comes from haye haia (translated: Hedge ) and is now sharks in France written. It may be theoretically " Palisade " meant, but due to the characteristic of the Normandy hedgerows ( bocage ), this translation rather neglected here. The original French name de la Haye appears in Latin texts as de Haya and developed so gradually in English to Hay. and rendered into Gaelic as Garadh. According to George Fraser Black was MacGaradh ( the Gaelic form of Hay ) is only an invention of John Hay Allan, also known as John Sobieski Stuart, author of questionable Vestiarium Scoticum
Chief
Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll, Lord Hay, Lord Slains, Baronet and Chief of the Name and Arms of Hay
Survey
- Hay of Erroll: 1449: 1st Baron Hay of Erroll (Sir William Hay, -1462? )
- 1453: 1st Earl of Erroll (Sir William Hay, -1462? ) 1462: 2nd Earl of Erroll ( Nicholas Hay, -1470? )
- 1470: 3rd Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, -1507? )
- 1507: 4th Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, -1513? )
- 1513: 5th Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, -1541? )
- 1541: 6th Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, 1521-1541 )
- 1541: 7th Earl of Erroll ( George Hay, -1573? )
- 1573: 8th Earl of Erroll (Andrew Hay, -1585? )
- 1585: 9th Earl of Erroll ( Francis Hay, April 30, 1564-16 July 1631. )
- July 16, 1631: 10th Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, -1636? )
- 1636: 11th Earl of Erroll ( Gilbert Hay, -1675? )
- 1675: 12th Earl of Erroll ( John Hay, -1704? )
- 1704: 13th Earl of Erroll (Charles Hay, -1717? )
- 1717: 14th Countess of Erroll (? . Mary Hay, -19 August 1758 )
- August 19, 1758: 15th Earl of Erroll ( James Hay 20 April 1726-3 July 1778. )
- July 3, 1778: 16th Earl of Erroll ( George Hay, 1767-1798 )
- 1798: 17th Earl of Erroll ( William Hay, 1772-1819 )
- 1819: 18th Earl of Erroll ( William George Hay, 1801-1846 )
- 1846: 19th Earl of Erroll ( William Harry Hayl, 1823-1891 )
- 1891: 20th Earl of Erroll (Charles Gore Hay, 1852-1927 )
- 1927: Earl of Erroll 21 (Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 1876-1928 )
- 1928: Earl of Erroll 22 ( Josslyn Victor Hay, 1901-1941 )
- 1941: 23 Countess of Erroll (Diana Denyse Hay, January 5, 1926-16 May 1978 )
- May 16, 1978: 24th Earl of Erroll ( Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, April 20, 1948 -present)
- Hay of Kinfauns: May 4, 1627: 1st Lord Hay of Kinfauns ( George Hay, 1571-16 December 1634. )
- May 4, 1627: 1st Viscount Dupplin ( George Hay, 1571-16 December 1634. )
- May 25, 1633: 1st Earl of Kinnoull (. George Hay, 1571-16 December 1634 ) December 16, 1634: 2nd Earl of Kinnoull ( George Hay, -1644? )
- ...
- 1709: 7th Earl of Kinnoull ( Thomas Hay, 1660-1719 )
- ...
- 1938: 15th Earl of Kinnoull ( Arthur William George Patrick Hay, 1935-2013 )
- Hay of Cromlix: October 5, 1718: 1st Earl of Inverness ( John Hay, 1691-1740 )
- October 5, 1718: 1st Viscount of Innerpaphrie ( John Hay, 1691-1740 )
- October 5, 1718: 1st Lord Cromlix and Erne ( John Hay, 1691-1740 )
- Hay of Pedwardine: December 31, 1711: 1st Baron Hay of Pedwardine ( George Hay, -29 July 1758? ).
- Hay of Sawley: June 29, 1615: 1st Baron Hay of Sawley ( James Hay, 1580-25 April 1636. )
- 1622: 1st Earl of Carlisle ( James Hay, 1580-25 April 1636 ) April 25, 1636: 2nd Earl of Carlisle (. James Hay, 1612-30 October 1660 )
- Hay of Yester: January 29, 1488: 1st Lord Hay of Yester ( John Hay, 1450 - October 1508 ) October 1508: 2nd Lord Hay of Yester ( John Hay, -9 September 1513? ).
- September 9, 1513: 3rd Lord Hay of Yester ( John Hay, -1543? )
- 1543: 4th Lord Hay of Yester ( John Hay, -1557? )
- 1557: 5th Lord Hay of Yester ( William Hay,? - August 1586 )
- August 1586: 6th Lord Hay of Yester ( William Hay, -10 May 1591? ).
- May 10 1591: 7th Lord Hay of Yester ( James Hay, -3 February 1609? ).
- February 3, 1609: 8th Lord Hay of Yester ( John Hay, 1593-1653 )
Castles
- Delgatie Castle, Aberdeenshire, was donated to the Clan Hay after the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
- New Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, was owned by the clan of 1597 until 1916. ( Old Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, ruin)