Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Erroll
Coronet of a British Earl.svg
Arms of the Earl of Errol
Born Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay
(1948-04-20) 20 April 1948 (age 76)
Residence Woodbury Hall, Sandy, Bedfordshire
Offices Lord High Constable of Scotland
Chief of Clan Hay
Heir Harry Hay, Lord Hay
Spouse(s) Isabelle (née Astell), Countess of Erroll
Parents Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe, 11th Baronet
Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll
Occupation Programmer

Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll (born 20 April 1948) is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, Chief of the Scottish clan Hay, and hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.[1]

Early life and education

Lord Erroll is the son of Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk and Diana, Countess of Errol. He was page to the Lord Lyon in 1956. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Earl of Erroll

He succeeded his mother in 1978 as Earl of Erroll, and in 1985, his father as a Baronet. He is a member of the Council of the Hereditary Peerage Association.[2] As Lord Erroll was Chief of Clan Hay by virtue of his mother's title, his younger brother Peregrine took over their father as Chief of Clan Moncreiffe.

Marriage and family

He married Isabelle Jacqueline Laline Astell Hohler (b. Brussels, 22 August 1955) in 1982. The Countess is a patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball [3] and serves as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire. [4]

The couple has two sons and two daughters:

  • Harry Thomas William Hay, Lord Hay (b. Basingstoke, 8 August 1984)
  • Lady Amelia Diana Jacqueline Hay (b. Basingstoke, 23 November 1986)
  • Lady Laline Lucy Clementine Hay (b. Basingstoke, 21 December 1987)
  • Hon. Richard Merlin Iain Hay (b. Basingstoke, 14 December 1990)

Military and business career

The Earl of Erroll has been a lieutenant at the Atholl Highlanders since 1974, and is a Member of the Royal Company of Archers. He served in the 21st SAS Artists Rifles (V) Territorial Army from 1975 to 1990, and was an Honorary Colonel of the Royal Military Police (Territorial Army) from 1992 to 1997.

Erroll has worked as a marketing and computer consultant, is a Freeman of the City of London and a Member of the Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, of which he was Prime Warden in 2000–2001. He is also President of ERADAR the Chamber for Electronic Business,[5] and Chairman of the Digital Policy Alliance (EURIM).[6]

He is a director of Lasseo, a not-for-profit technical standardization and interoperability membership organisation for smartcard technologies.[7]

Politics

Lord Erroll was one of 90 excepted hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999. He sits as a crossbencher. A programmer and system designer by trade, he was a member of the Science and Technology Committee and criticised Tony Blair's government for the failure to curb cyber crime after various government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence and HM Revenue and Customs, reported massive losses of data in 2008.[8]

Ancestry

Family of Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Sir Thomas Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 7th Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Thomas Moncreiffe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Lady Louisa Hay-Drummond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Gerald Moncreiffe (d 3 June 1922)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Sir John Muir, 1st Baronet, of Deanston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Elizabeth Muir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Margaret Kay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Francois, Count de Miremont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Hilda de Miremont (d 14 January 1960) md 1stly 1918 Gerald Moncreiffe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Mary Caroline L'Estrange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Sir Allan Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, of Glen Muick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Lucy Mackenzie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Lucy Davidson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Reginald Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Hon. Constance Baillie-Cochrane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Lady Idina Sackville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Lady Muriel Brassey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Anna Allnutt
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes and references

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Sources

External links

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Erroll
1978–present		 Incumbent
Heir:
Harry Hay, Lord Hay
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