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Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, is the 24th [[Earl of Erroll]].  He is a cross-bench member of the [[House of Lords]], one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the [[House of Lords]].  He is also Chief of Scottish clan Hay, and [[Lord High Constable of Scotland]].  Hay has enjoyed a successful career working in information technology, his main area of expertise is in internet security.  Hay has worked on projects with smartcards and electronic purses, and has also worked in marketing and consultancy.    
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'''Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay''', is the 24th [[Earl of Erroll]].  He is a cross-bench member of the [[House of Lords]], one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the [[House of Lords]].  He is also Chief of Scottish clan Hay, and [[Lord High Constable of Scotland]].  Hay has enjoyed a successful career working in information technology, his main area of expertise is in internet security.  Hay has worked on projects with smartcards and electronic purses, and has also worked in marketing and consultancy. <ref> GOVCERT.NL [http://www.govcert.nl/symposium/lord_errol.html Speakers Erroll] accessed 2nd December 2008 </ref> He was educated at [[Eton]] and [[Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]] <ref>The Peerage.com [http://www.thepeerage.com/p4632.htm Earl of Erroll] accessed 3rd December 2008 </ref>
  
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Merlin Hay's grandfather was [[Josslyn Hay]], the 22nd Earl of Erroll, who was murdered in Nairobi on 24 January 1941.  No one was ever convicted of the murder, although Sir Jock Delves Broughton, (grandfather of [[Tessa Keswick]] director of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]]) was tried and stood trial and was acquitted, he committed suicide the following year.  His wife had been having a high profile affair with Josslyn Hay.  A book published in 2000 claims that Hay was actually murdered as part of an MI5 plot according to a review of the controversial book:
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:At the time of his death, Erroll was the Assistant Military Secretary of Kenya and, at one stage, he had been a member of the [[British Union of Fascists]]. Trzebinski (the author) claims to have uncovered evidence that Erroll was targeted for assassination by the War Office on the grounds that he was a security risk. She points out that Erroll was murdered on the eve of the Abyssinian campaign in which British troops invaded Kenya's Italian-occupied neighbour. Other sources have suggested that he actively sold secrets to Mussolini's forces and was earmarked to be gauleiter of Kenya if an Italian invasion succeeded. <ref> Tatler, Book Review; March 2000 [http://www.charlesdance.co.uk/lorderroll.html Did MI5 Kill Lord Erroll?] accessed 3rd December 2008 </ref>   
 
   
 
   
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==Affiliations & Career History==
 
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'''PARLIAMENTARY - ICT'''
 
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*Member of the [[House of Lords Library and Computers sub-committee]] 1999-2001
He has an extensive network of contacts across government, industry and the city, and is a professional public speaker, especially on ICT, security, legislation, the citizen and the state, and the internet, as well as traditional themes.
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*Board member of the [[Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology]] (POST) 2000-2005
 
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*Member of steering group for computerisation of MPs’ virtual offices (E-Democracy Programme) 2000
In a more traditional role Sir Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll, 25th Lord Hay, 24th Lord Slains, 12th Bt (Moncreiffe of that Ilk), 28th Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, 32nd Chief of The Hays takes an interest in charity as a member of the Court of the Fishmongers’ Livery Company, as Vice-President of The Royal Caledonian Ball, through The Highland Society of London and the British Red Cross Queen Mother’s Memorial Fund. He helps promote Scotch Whisky as a Patron of the Keepers of the Quaich and is one of the founders of Secret Sommelier, a weblog about wine.
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*Council of [[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee]] (PITCOM) 2001-
 
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*[[EURIM]] (The European Information Society Group) 2001-Director  (parliamentary/industry group)
He is married to Isabelle, who runs a farming estate in Bedfordshire. They have four children.
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*Member of the House of Lords Information Committee 2003-200 A Parliamentary Monitor on EURIM’s *Personal Identity and their E-crime working groups 2003
Parliament, policing and personal protection in the 21st century Wednesdy 17 September, 15:40 - 16:20, Rotterdam Hall
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*European Conference of Members of Parliaments on Information and Communication Technologies 1999& 2003
 
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group]]<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/furniture-industry.htm 'Furniture Industry APPG'],''parliament.uk'', accessed 11 November 2015</ref>
Lord Erroll, in his usual outspoken manner, will address a number of issues that are crucial if we are to be succesful at reducing e-crime and promoting security. He will discuss the issues surrounding national e-crime units and why resource allocation choices that seem sensible now may not be so sensible in the long run. In addition, Lord Erroll will also share his views on accountability and liability in relation to ISPs and banks and will explain why he is strongly in favour of data breach disclosure laws. These laws, if properly implemented, can help us gain insight into the extent of the problem of data exclusivity breaches. But while governments certainly have responsibilities to their citizens, Lord Erroll does not propose heavy legislation. Indeed, he argues that governments may sometimes be part of the problem and should be regarded with a healthy dose of suspicion.
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*All Party Internet Group - APIG 2005 Secretary
 
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'''PARLIAMENTARY - General'''
 
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*[[All Party Group on Entrepreneurship]] – Vice-Chairman
 
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*[[All Party Group on Adventure and Recreation in Society]] - Treasurer
 
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*[[All Party Energy Group]]
 
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*[[All Party Nepal Group]]
==Affiliations==
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*[[Scottish Peers Association]]
*[[GiroVend]], Director of Development
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*[[Inter-Parliamentary Union]]
*[[All Party Internet Group]] in the Lords, Secretary
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*[[Smart Cities All-Party Parliamentary Group]] - Vice Chair
*[[Science and Technology Select Committee]], spokesman on Personal Internet Security.
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'''OTHER ICT'''
*[[E-business Regulatory Alliance]], President  
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*[[E-business Regulatory Alliance]] - President
*[[EURIM]] Director  (parliamentary/industry group)
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*[[Information Systems Security Association]] (UK) (ISSA) – Executive Advisory Board
*[[Keepers of the Quaich]] Patron
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*[[Nominet]] UK, Policy Advisory Board
*[[Technis]] Non-executive director<ref> Technis Website [http://www.technis.co.uk/management.htm Management] accessed 20th November 2008 </ref>
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*[[Local Authority Smartcard Standards e-Organisation]] -LASSeO
*[[Local Authority Smartcard Standards e-Organisation]] (LASSeO)  
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*[[Special Needs Application Programming Interface]], SNAPI Project Steering Group
*[[Parliamentary Information Technology Committee]], (PITCOM) sits on the council
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*[[Communications Management Association]]
*[[All-Party Communications Group]], (APCOMMS) Secretary
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*[[Broadband Stakeholders’ Group]]
*[[All-Party Group on Entrepreneurship]] Vice-Chairman
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*[[European Biometric Forum]], Special Interest Group on Social & Environmental Issues
*[[All-Party Group on Risk and Adventure in Society]] Treasurer
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'''BUSINESS'''
*In 2007 he sat on the Science & Technology Select Committee’s sub-committee on Personal Internet Safety.
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*[[Farmfax]] Ltd. Agricultural and Estate software and accounts systems 1977-1982
*[[Information Systems Security Association]] (ISSA) Policy Advisory Body
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*[[Erroll Computer Consultants]] Software development 1982-1994
*[[Nominet]] (UK) Ltd. Policy Advisory Body
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*[[Hayway Partners]] Marketing and training for micro entrepreneurs 1991-
*[[Territorial Army]] 22 years service 
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*[[CRC]] Ltd. Procurement 1993-2003
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*[[GiroVend]] Holdings Ltd. E-purse migration to Smartcard development 1994-1995
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*[[Evalue]] Ltd. E-procurement for Local Authorities 2002-
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*[[Fonem]] Ltd Voice recognition: automatic receptionist and call routing
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*Secret Sommelier Ltd. Weblog about wine 2005-
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*Adviser, [[Leonis Ventures]] (impact investment and business accelerator). In an investigation on the interests of members of the House of Lords by the ''Wall Street Journal'', it was revealed Hay worked for [[Leonis Ventures]]. When the WSJ asked him about this he said he left Leonis last year and that the record of his involvement is "a somewhat defunct entry." It was removed on the 20 August 2014.<ref> [http://graphics.wsj.com/house-of-lords/ House of Lords] ''Wall Street Journal'', accessed 19 December 2014 </ref><ref>http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/lords-interests-amendments/?letter=E Interest amendments] ''Parliament.UK'', accessed 19 December 2014 </ref>
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'''OTHER POSITIONS HELD'''
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*Member of the Court of The [[Fishmongers’ Livery Company]]. 1989-  (Prime Warden 2000-2001).
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*Trustee of the Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust.
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*Trustee of the Billingsgate Christian Mission Charitable Trust.
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*Trustee of the Mar Estate Trust (in the Cairngorms).1987
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*[[Territorial Army]] Volunteer Reserve (Royal Green Jackets) 1965-1966
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*[[Territorial Army]] (Artists Rifles). 1976-1990
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*Honorary Colonel RMP (TA). 1992-1997
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*Director of [[Moncreiffe & Co]]. Plc., a small whisky company co-founded by the family.
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* Patron of The [[Keepers of the Quaich]], a PR body for the Scotch whisky industry. Grandmaster in 2001.
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* Vice-President of The Royal Caledonian Ball, which raises a substantial amount every year for Scottish charities.
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* Council of the [[British Red Cross]] Queen Mother’s Memorial Fund.
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* Council of The Highland Society of London
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'''Hereditary and Ceremonial Roles'''
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* Hereditary [[Lord High Constable of Scotland]].
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* Chief of Clan Hay, with connections in Scottish communities around the world.
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* Member of The [[Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs]].
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* Delegate in the United Kingdom for the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of the Royal  House of  Savoy.
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* Member of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, The Royal Company of Archers.
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<ref>Hitachi Science & Technology Forum [http://www.hitachiforum.eu/cvs/EarlofErroll.htmEU  Earle of Erroll] accessed 3rd December 2008 </ref>
  
 
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Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay, is the 24th Earl of Erroll. He is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords, one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords. He is also Chief of Scottish clan Hay, and Lord High Constable of Scotland. Hay has enjoyed a successful career working in information technology, his main area of expertise is in internet security. Hay has worked on projects with smartcards and electronic purses, and has also worked in marketing and consultancy. [1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge [2]

Merlin Hay's grandfather was Josslyn Hay, the 22nd Earl of Erroll, who was murdered in Nairobi on 24 January 1941. No one was ever convicted of the murder, although Sir Jock Delves Broughton, (grandfather of Tessa Keswick director of the Centre for Policy Studies) was tried and stood trial and was acquitted, he committed suicide the following year. His wife had been having a high profile affair with Josslyn Hay. A book published in 2000 claims that Hay was actually murdered as part of an MI5 plot according to a review of the controversial book:

At the time of his death, Erroll was the Assistant Military Secretary of Kenya and, at one stage, he had been a member of the British Union of Fascists. Trzebinski (the author) claims to have uncovered evidence that Erroll was targeted for assassination by the War Office on the grounds that he was a security risk. She points out that Erroll was murdered on the eve of the Abyssinian campaign in which British troops invaded Kenya's Italian-occupied neighbour. Other sources have suggested that he actively sold secrets to Mussolini's forces and was earmarked to be gauleiter of Kenya if an Italian invasion succeeded. [3]

Affiliations & Career History

PARLIAMENTARY - ICT

PARLIAMENTARY - General

OTHER ICT

BUSINESS

  • Farmfax Ltd. Agricultural and Estate software and accounts systems 1977-1982
  • Erroll Computer Consultants Software development 1982-1994
  • Hayway Partners Marketing and training for micro entrepreneurs 1991-
  • CRC Ltd. Procurement 1993-2003
  • GiroVend Holdings Ltd. E-purse migration to Smartcard development 1994-1995
  • Evalue Ltd. E-procurement for Local Authorities 2002-
  • Fonem Ltd Voice recognition: automatic receptionist and call routing
  • Secret Sommelier Ltd. Weblog about wine 2005-
  • Adviser, Leonis Ventures (impact investment and business accelerator). In an investigation on the interests of members of the House of Lords by the Wall Street Journal, it was revealed Hay worked for Leonis Ventures. When the WSJ asked him about this he said he left Leonis last year and that the record of his involvement is "a somewhat defunct entry." It was removed on the 20 August 2014.[5][6]

OTHER POSITIONS HELD

  • Member of the Court of The Fishmongers’ Livery Company. 1989- (Prime Warden 2000-2001).
  • Trustee of the Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust.
  • Trustee of the Billingsgate Christian Mission Charitable Trust.
  • Trustee of the Mar Estate Trust (in the Cairngorms).1987
  • Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve (Royal Green Jackets) 1965-1966
  • Territorial Army (Artists Rifles). 1976-1990
  • Honorary Colonel RMP (TA). 1992-1997
  • Director of Moncreiffe & Co. Plc., a small whisky company co-founded by the family.
  • Patron of The Keepers of the Quaich, a PR body for the Scotch whisky industry. Grandmaster in 2001.
  • Vice-President of The Royal Caledonian Ball, which raises a substantial amount every year for Scottish charities.
  • Council of the British Red Cross Queen Mother’s Memorial Fund.
  • Council of The Highland Society of London

Hereditary and Ceremonial Roles

  • Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.
  • Chief of Clan Hay, with connections in Scottish communities around the world.
  • Member of The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
  • Delegate in the United Kingdom for the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of the Royal House of Savoy.
  • Member of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland, The Royal Company of Archers.

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References

  1. GOVCERT.NL Speakers Erroll accessed 2nd December 2008
  2. The Peerage.com Earl of Erroll accessed 3rd December 2008
  3. Tatler, Book Review; March 2000 Did MI5 Kill Lord Erroll? accessed 3rd December 2008
  4. 'Furniture Industry APPG',parliament.uk, accessed 11 November 2015
  5. House of Lords Wall Street Journal, accessed 19 December 2014
  6. http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/lords-interests-amendments/?letter=E Interest amendments] Parliament.UK, accessed 19 December 2014
  7. Hitachi Science & Technology Forum Earle of Erroll accessed 3rd December 2008