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The title Marquess of Huntly was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1599, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English Marquessate of Winchester being older.


The subsidiary titles of the Marquess of Huntly are: Earl of Aboyne (1660), Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet (1660) and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen (1815). All titles are in the Peerage of Scotland, except for the Barony of Meldrum, which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.


The title Earl of Huntly was originally created for Alexander Gordon in 1499. Gordon's descendant, the sixth Earl, became a Marquess a century after the creation of the Earldom. Then, the Dukedom of Gordon was bestowed upon the fourth Marquess; the Dukedom became extinct with the fifth duke's death.


Before 1963, the Marquess sat in the House of Lords as Baron Meldrum.


Earl of Huntly (1445)

  • Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly (d. 1470)
  • George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (d. 1502)
  • Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly (d. 1524)
  • George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514-1562) (forfeit 1562)
  • George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (d. 1576) (restored 1565)
  • George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly (1562-1636) (became Marquess of Huntly in 1599)

Marquesses of Huntly (1599)

his son and heir: Alastair Granville Gordon, Earl of Aboyne (b. July 26, 1973)




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