HAY, John of Killour, 12th Earl of Erroll, Sir ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Sir John Hay, twelfth Earl, formerly designed of Killour, was admitted a burgess of Perth and Aberdeen 2 October 1672, succeeded as twelfth Earl in 1674 in terms of the nomination by Gilbert, eleventh Earl before mentioned, had a charter of the title, dignity, and lands on 4 March 1674, with remainder to himself and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, the heirs-female of his body, the eldest always succeeding without division; was appointed Sheriff Principal of Aberdeen 1 May 1685, and Chancellor of King's College, Aberdeen, 5 February 1700."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)



"The efforts of the cadets of the house (of Hay of Delgaty) to save the estate seem to have proved beyond their owner, and soon afterwards-at anyrate in 1700-it passed to John, 12th Earl of Erroll (A. & H. Tayler, Aberdeenshire Valuation Roll, 1667, p. 286), and by his sister the Countess it was bestowed on Alexander Falconer, he, who was born 1682, and admitted Advocate 23 Nov. 1705, is said to have 'assumed the name of Hay on succeeding to the estate of Delgaty' (Scots Peerage, V., 247), though Miss Tayler says the name and title was conferred on him by his wife. He married Mary, Countess of Erroll, but they had no issue. They still held Delgaty or 'used the title thereof' in 1722 (Trans. of Buchan Field Club, X., p. 226), but soon afterwards the barony of Delgaty passed from the family of Hay, its purchaser being Peter Garden, third son of the Laird of Troup, whose son, Francis Garden-Campbell of Delgaty, Troup, and Glenlyon, sold Delgaty to the Earl of Fife, and part of the estate, along with the old castle, eventually became the property of a younger branch of the house of Duff, the family of Grant-Duff of Delgaty. The portrait of Sir William Hay of Delgaty, the Cavalier, showing him as a fair, reddish-haired man, is in the possession of Miss Bruce, Great King Street, Edinburgh."

from Transactions ²

John married Anne DRUMMOND, daughter of James DRUMMOND 3rd Earl of Perth and Anne GORDON, 1 October 1674(contract).^{1 2} (Anne DRUMMOND was born on 30 December 1655 ¹ and was baptised in January 1656 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (John Hay) married (contract 1 October 1674) Anne Drummond, only daughter of James, third Earl of Perth (she was born in January 1656), who survived him, and had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Anne, born 30 December 1655 ; married (contract 1 October 1674) to John, twelfth Earl of Erroll."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{1 2}