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Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (17 January 1801 – 16 January 1856; born Elizabeth FitzClarence) was the illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothy Jordan and married to William Hay on December 4, 1820 at age 19. Hay received the title of "Countess of Erroll" on 4 December 1820. Due to Hay's parentage, William Hay, became Lord Sterward of the Houshold. 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. She died in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (17 January 1801 – 16 January 1856; born Elizabeth FitzClarence), illegitimate daughter of William IV and Dorothy Jordan, married William Hay on December 4, 1820 at age 19. Elizabeth Hay was given the title "Countess of Erroll" on 4 December 1820. It was probably due to Lady Elizabeth's parentage that her husband was made Lord Steward of the Household.

She married her husband at St George's, Hanover Square.

She 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 mementoes. She died in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Children and Descendants
Elizabeth and William Hay together had four children. Lady Adelaide Harriet Augusta Hay (18 October 1821 – 22 October 1867), one of the Queen's bridesmaids, was the Hays' firstbord child and daughter. William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (3 May 1823 – 3 December 1891), wed to Eliza Amelia Gore on 20 September 1848, was the second child and firstborn son. Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay (12 May 1829 – 18 December 1869), wed to James Duff in 16 March 1846, was the third child and second daughter. Lady Agnes Hay's son, Alexander Duff, married Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII. Lady Alice Mary Emily Hay (7 July 1835 – 7 June 1881), wed to Charles Edward Louis Casimir Stuart (1824–1882; known also popularly as Count d'Albanie) nephew of fraud John Sobieski Stuart, was the final child and daughter of the Hays.

Elizabeth Hay is also the maternal grandmother of Princess Louise's husband, the Duke of Fife. David Cameron is a 4th great grandson of Elizabeth Hay, thus making him the fifth cousin, twice removed to the Queen.

With her husband she had four children: * Lady Adelaide Harriet Augusta Hay (18 October 1821 – 22 October 1867), one of the Queen's bridesmaids, Viscountess Campden * William Harry Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll (3 May 1823 – 3 December 1891), married Eliza Amelia Gore on 20 September 1848
 * Lady Agnes Georgiana Elizabeth Hay (12 May 1829 – 18 December 1869), who married James Duff in 16 March 1846. Their son, Alexander Duff, married Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII.
 * Lady Alice Mary Emily Hay (7 July 1835 – 7 June 1881) married Charles Edward Louis Casimir Stuart (1824–1882;known also popularly as Count d'Albanie) nephew of fraud John Sobieski Stuart.

She is also the maternal grandmother of Princess Louise's husband, the Duke of Fife.

David Cameron is a 4th great grandson of Elizabeth Hay, thus making him the fifth cousin, twice removed to the Queen.

Other Mentions

 * Edward Walford, "Hardwicke's Annual biography" (1857) p.209
 * Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar, Roger S. Powell, "Right Royal Bastards: The Fruits of Passion‎" (2007) ISBN 0971196680