Marquessate of Huntly | |
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Creation date | 17 April 1599 |
Created by | King James VI |
Peerage | Peerage of Scotland |
First holder | George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly |
Present holder | Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly |
Heir apparent | Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne |
Remainder to | the 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Earl of Huntly Earl of Enzie Earl of Aboyne Lord Gordon of Badenoch Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet Baron Meldrum |
Status | Extant |
Seat(s) | Aboyne Castle |
Former seat(s) | Huntly Castle |
Motto | BYDAND (Remaining) ANIMO NON ASTUTIA (By courage not by stratagem) |
Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599[1] for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles; only the English marquessate of Winchester is older. The Marquess holds the following subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne (1660; Peerage of Scotland), and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen (1815; Peerage of the United Kingdom).[hun 1]
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