Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams

Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams (née Amherst; 9 July 1801 – 8 August 1876) was an English artist and botanical illustrator.

[3] She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed several watercolour paintings now held in the collection of the British Library.

In 1846 Hay-Williams contributed a watercolour to Edwards's Botanical Register.

[7] After returning to the United Kingdom she had two children including Margaret Verney.

[7] The leguminous tree Amherstia nobilis is named by Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich in honor of her and her mother Sarah Amherst.