Earls of Aboyne

family which (chqiraoteristioally) bore his name
for 200 years. The luck, however, was long in
coming to the A'boynes. Indeed, at first it seemed
as if the separate peerage of A.boyne would not
catch on at all, for there were two creations which
became extinct before succession was found.
The peerage of Aboyne, first as a viscountcy
and then as an earldom, has existed since 162?
under thi'ee creations, although since 1836 it
has been merged in the Marquisate of Huntly.
The creations are as follows : —
(1) 1027-1030— Viscountcy of Melgum and Aboyne.
for the 2nd son of the 1st Marquis
of Huntly.
^1032-30— Viscountcy for the 1st son of the 1st
Marquis of Huntly.
(2) \ 1030-49— Transferred to the 2nd son of the 2nd
holder, \
Huntly.
holder, who became 2nd Marquis of
1060-1830 -Five Earls of Aboyne, the 5th becom-
ing 9th Marquis of Huutly. The
holders were :
1060-81— 1st Earl : Lord Charles
Go don, 4th son of the 2nd
Marquis of Huntly.
1681-1 02 -2nd Earl" : Charles,
(3) son of 1st I'arl
1702-1738— 3rd Earl : loir., son
of 2nd Eai 1.
1738-1794-4th Earl : Charles,
son of 3rd Earl.
1794-1836— 5th Earl, Charles,
son of 4ih Earl. J Ih became
9th Marquis of Huntly in
1830, and died 1853.
The present Marquis of Huntly, who is the 7th
Earl, was known as Lord Strathaven from his
birth in 1847 until 1843, when his father, the 6th
Earl, became Marquis of Huntly. He then be-
came Lord Aboyne, by which title he was known
until 1863, when he himself succeeded to the mar-
quisate: so that nobody has thought of a Lord
Aboyne for 44 years.