Earls of Aboyne

IS
his own gentlemen, and others visited Montrose
("Scottish Notes and Queries," April 1899).
On July 27, 1698, he offeied to take his place in
tfhe Scottish Parliament. An objection waa
naised that he had been bred and continued to be
a professed papist. Alboyne publicly declared in
Parliament that he had embraced the Protestant
religion. This statement was corroborated by
the President of Parliament and by other mem-
bers. The Earl was allowed accordingly to take
his seat. He was a 'Commissioner of Supply for
Aberdeenshire in 1698.
About 1700 a serious dispute arose between the
Elarl and Gordon of Abergeldie regarding the right
of grazing on Vhe forest of Breckach upon the
head of the water of Muick, and the neighbour,
ing forest of Whitemuruth. Breckach heritably
belonged to the Earl "all except what shares
thereof is sold in feu firm by his predecessor and
and 'authors of the family of Huntly as sheallings
and grazings to the lairds of Abergeldie, Braic'hlie
and Achollie for themselves and tenants in
these lands of Glenmuick " The Earl claimed
that he had the right "to the total destruction
of the said forest (I mean as to deer) lett (unless)
what share of the said forest was astricted to
the heritors' grazings aforesaid." The case,
which is gone into 'minutely in the "Records of
Invercauld" (pp. 278-80), seems bo have been ad-
justed ,by a decreet arbitral, the laird of Inver-
cauld acting as arhliter.
Aboyne had also a good deal of business with
the laird of Invercauld. In the Fordyee MS. (p.
21), owned by the New Spalding Club, there is
under date March 11, 1701, an obligation by the
Earl of Aboyne, to John Farquharson of Inver-
cauld for 1500 merks, written by Francis Moir,
notary public in Kincardine, and subscribed at
Aboyne of this date before witnesses Hary Fa.-
qu'harson of Whytehouse and John Stewart, "now
of Beletraeh."
The Earl was oh the committee (1701) to adjust
a submission to the King of the actions raised by
the Earl of Argyll and the laird of Innes against
the Duke of Gordon and Earl of Aboyne. The
negotiation failed and the actions sisted. The
Earl died April 1702. He married his first cousin,
Lady Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of Patrick, Earl
of Strathmoire. She married, secondly, Patrick,
third Lord Kinnaird (died 1715), by whom she had