Background
William Hay was the son of William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas. He was the great-great grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and his first wife, Elizabeth Mure.
William Hay was the son of William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas. He was the great-great grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and his first wife, Elizabeth Mure.
He was the third Earl of Erroll and the fourth Lord Hay of Erroll. Lady, contracted to marry eldest son of Sir William Keith of Inverugie.
He was a member of the King James III"s Privy Council and a commissioner for the 1482 peace treaty with England.