Earls of Aboyne

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John Lamplough Wickham, born 1886: lieu-
tenant in the Scots Guards.
13. Lady Edith Blanche Gordon, twin with Lady
Elena, died December 25, 18C2.
14. Lady Ethelreda Caroline Gordon, born post-
humously January 31, 1864. She married Sept.
16, 1884. Henry Wickham, brother of her sister
(Lady Elena's) husband, and has two daughters.
CHARLES, 11th MARQUIS OF HUNTLY.
He was born at Orton Longneville on March 5,
1847, was known as Lord Strathaven till 1853,
and as Earl of Aboyne until he succeeded to the
peerage in 1863, at the age of 16. He was edu-
cated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He entered the House of Lords — where he sits as
Baron Meldrum — as a Liberal. In the Gladstone
Administration of 1870-3 he was Lord-in-Waiting
to Queen Victoria, and was Captain of the Corps
of Gentlemen-at-Arms, January-June 1881, being
also created a Privy Councillor. He was Presi-
dent of the Social Science Congress at Liverpool
in 1876, and was Lord Rector of Aberdeen Uni-
versity for three terms, 1890-9, a unique record
in the history of that extremely interesting office.
Lord Huntly inherits the literary instinct of
his mother. He has published at least two books :
"Travels, Sport and Politics in the East of
Europe"; London: Chapman and Hall, 1887 : pp.
311. It bears the dedication, "I dedicate this
book to my wife, who accompanied me in our
travels and to whom I am indebted for the [six"|
illustrations, as a token of my love and regard."
It deals with the Danube, Constantinople, Bat-
onm, Georgia, the Caucasus, Athens, Corfu,
Albania, and Montenegro.
"Social Interest : a Rectorial Address," deliv-
ered March 6, 1891; Aberdeen: Wyllie, 1892: 8vo.,
pip. 38.
He married, July 14, 1869, at Westminster
Abbey, Amy (born 1850), elder daughter of Sir
William Cunliffe Brootks, Bart. (1819-1900), the
Manchester banker, by his first wife, Jane Eliza-
beth, daughter of Ralph Orrell, Stockport. The
will of the baronet, who left a big fortune, Las
been the subject of much litigation. So far, it
has been decided that he was an English subject.
Lord Huntly has no issue, his heir presumptive
being his nephew, Mr Douglas Gordon, son of
his brother, the late Lord Granville Gordon.