Victor Alexander Sereld (Hay) Hay Twenty-First Eal of Erroll (1876 - 1928)

Biography

Victor (Hay) Hay Twenty-First Eal of Erroll is a member of Clan Hay.

Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll and 4th Baron Kilmarnock, KCMG (17 October 1876 – 20 February 1928), was a British diplomat and briefly a member of the House of Lords.

Erroll was the first son of Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852–1927) and his wife Mary, daughter of Edmund and Lady Harriett L'Estrange. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1927. In 1900, he married Mary Lucy Victoria, only daughter of Sir Allan Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, of Glen Muick, Aberdeenshire, and they had two sons and one daughter.

Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Errol, who married Lady Myra Sackville, daughter of the Earl De La Warr, and had issue. Gilbert Boyd, 6th Baron Kilmarnock, who married firstly The Hon. Rosemary Guest, daughter of Viscount Wimborne, and had issue. Married secondly Denise Coker, and had issue. He was born Gilbert Hay, but his name was changed to Boyd in 1941. Lady Rosemary Hay, who married firstly Lt.-Col. Rupert Ryan and had issue, and married secondly Major James Gresham, without issue. He held the earldom only briefly, and was succeeded by his elder son, Lord Kilmarnock, in 1928.[citation needed]

Career

The young Hay entered the diplomatic service and was promoted Attaché, 1900, Third Secretary, 1902, Second Secretary, 1906, First Secretary, 1913. He was First Secretary in Copenhagen, 1918–19, then briefly Chargé d'Affaires in Berlin, on the United Kingdom's resumption of diplomatic relations with Germany in 1920, until the arrival of a British Ambassador. He remained in Berlin as Counsellor until November, 1921, and served finally as British High Commissioner to the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, from December 1920 to May 1928.

He was also an author and belonged to the St James's Club.

Publications

Ferelith, 1903 The Dream Kiss (play), produced at the Wimbledon Theatre, 1924 The Anonymous Letter (play), produced at Q Theatre, 1927

Victor Alexander Sereld Hay = 22 May 1900-Mary Lucy Victoria Mackenzie (1875-18 Jan1957)

He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1919. He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1924.

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Sources

• Wikipedia:Earl_of_Erroll
• Wikipedia:Baron_Kilmarnock
• Wikipedia:Victor_Hay,_21st_Earl_of_Erroll
• This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q7616317, en:Wikipedia
• England & Wales Marriage Registrations: Jun 1900, Hay, Victor Alexander S (Lord Kilmarnock) District: St. Geo. H. Sq. Vol 1a Page 886. Accessed at FreeBMD (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl)

• Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll, #46303, b. 17 October 1876, d. 20 February 1928

http://www.thepeerage.com/p4631.htm

• Mary Lucy Victoria Mackenzie #46304, b. 1875, d. 18 January 1957

http://www.thepeerage.com/p4631.htm

• author obscure, Mackenzie Family

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