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 Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The title Marquess of Winchester was created in 1551 in the Peerage of England, making it the oldest English (and British) Marquessate still in existence. ...

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 Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...

The title Earl of Huntly was originally created for Alexander Gordon in 1445. Gordon's descendant, the sixth Earl, became a Marquess a century and a half 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. The family seat is Aboyne Castle. Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

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 1563)
• George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (d. 1576) (restored 1565)
• George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly (1562-1636) (became Marquess of Huntly in 1599)

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Marquesses of Huntly (1599)

• George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (1562-1636)
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592 - 1649)
• Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (c. 1626-1653)
• George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly (1649-1716)
• Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess of Huntly (d. 1728)
• Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, 6th Marquess of Huntly (c. 1720-1752)
• Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess of Huntly (1743-1827)
• George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess of Huntly (1770-1836)
• George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761-1853)
• Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792-1863)
• Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847-1937)
• Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly (1908-1987)
• Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (b. 1944)

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