George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll

George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll († 1573) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. 1561 he was a member of the Privy Council of Mary Queen of Scots. He was also Earl of Erroll as and associated offices on the royal family and those representatives of the highest man in Scotland. In April 1567 he was one of the signatories of the Ainslie Tavern Bond, a document in which the marriage of Mary Stuart and the Earl of Bothwell was accepted.

Marriages and descendants

1528 married George Hay Margaret Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson of Struan (Chief of the Clan Robertson). From the marriage seven children were born:

• Lady Elizabeth Hay ∞ William Keith, Master of Marischal († 1580) (son of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal )
• Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll
• Lady Margaret Hay ∞ Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant
• John Hay
• Laurence Hay
• George Hay
• Lady Beatrice Hay ∞ William Hay of Delgaty

In 1561 he married Helen Bruce and it showed:

• Lady Elizabeth Hay