#15145, Harriet Jemima HAY

Harriet was the daughter of William Hay and Alicia Eliot.  

Her father was 17th Earl of Erroll (1772-1819) married to Alicia (1775-1812).  The Earls of Erroll are a well known family of the Scottish peerage.  The 17th was succeeded by William George Hay (1801-1846) who was himself succeeded by the 19th Earl William Henry Hay (1823-1891).  The 20th was Charles Gore Hay (1852-1927) succeeded by Victor Alexander Sereld Hay (1876-1928).  Notoriety was achieved by the 22nd Earl Josslyn Victor Hay (1901-1941), a member of the British Union of Fascists known for the unsolved case surrounding his murder in Kenya as told in James Fox's White Mischief subsequently filmed in 1987.

In addition to the 5 shown Daniel and Lady Harriet had another three children: Harriet who in1843 married The Hon William Cowper (Lord Mount Temple, he was the 2nd son of Peter Clavering-Cowper the 5th Earl Cowper) but unfortunately she died the year she married; Rachel, known as Aunt Bache who married Rev. Herbert Jones of Sculthorpe (1826-1889) in 1850 and died in 1895 having born a son Bertram who only lived for 5 years from 1862; and Margaret (Aunt Maggie) who bore her husband 8 children having married James Orde of Hopton (1830-1880) in 1856.  Four of the children were named Charles (Tardy), Lancelot, Evelyn and Margaret (Daisy).