Marquess of Huntly

Marquessate of Huntly
Arms: Quarterly: 1st, Azure, three Boars' Heads couped Or, langued Gules (for Gordon); 2nd, Or, three Lion's Heads erased Gules, langued Azure (for Badenoch); 3rd, Or, three Crescents within a Double-Tressure flory counterflory Gules (for Seton); 4th, Azure, three Cinquefoils Argent (for Fraser). Crest: Out of a Ducal Coronet Or, a Stag's Head and Neck affronty proper, attired with ten Tynes Or. Supporters: On either side a Greyhound Argent, gorged with a Collar Gules, charged with three Buckles Or.
Creation date17 April 1599
Created byKing James VI
PeeragePeerage of Scotland
First holderGeorge Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly
Present holderGranville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
Heir apparentAlastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne
Remainder tothe 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Huntly
Earl of Enzie
Earl of Aboyne
Lord Gordon of Badenoch
Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet
Baron Meldrum
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Aboyne Castle
Former seat(s)Huntly Castle
MottoBYDAND (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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