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ment. The only prominent transaction in which Lord Aberdeen took part after this
was the treaty of Union between England and Scotland.
The remaining years of the Earl's life were spent in the tranquillity and seclusion of
a country life, and in the improvement and extension of his family property.
" The boy," says Mr. Dunn, " who had seen his father's house invested by fierce and
warlike men, who had been driven a terrified child across its threshold preparatory to
the work of destruction, now, as an old man after an eventful life, reposed in peace and
quietness there, the scene of these wild transactions."
The Earl of Aberdeen, while Sir George Gordon, married Ann, eldest daughter of
Sir George Lockhart of Torbrecks, heiress of her brother William, who died in 1672.
Her mother, Ann, was a daughter of Sir William Lockhart of Carnwath, President of
the Court of Session. They had si.x children : —
L George, Lord Haddo, died in the life-time of his father.
II. William, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen.
1. The Lady Anne, married to the ninth Earl of Eglinton.
2. The Lady Martha, born February 13, 1681, was married to John Udny of Udny.
3. The Lady Mary, born 29 March. 1682, was married to Alexander, 12th Lord
Saltoun.
4. The Lady Margaret — died unmarried.
The first Earl died at Kelly, 20 April, 1720, and was succeeded by his son —
IX. William, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen.
He was one of the representative Peers of Scotland, but did not take a very
active part in public life. He married first Lady Mary Leslie, only daughter of the
Earl of Leven, by whom he had an only daughter, the Lady Ann, who married
William, Earl of Dumfries and Stair.
He married secondly, Susan, daughter of John, Duke of Athole, by whom he had an
only son —
1. George, his successor.
2. The Lady Catharine, who married first, Cosmo, Duke of Gordon, secondly.
General Staats Long Morris.
The Earl married thirdly, Anne, daughter of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, and by
her had issue —
n. William Gordon of Fyvie, a general officer, who married Miss Isobel Black, and
had issue a son William, who succeeded to Fyvie, and died there in 1S47.
in. Cosmo, Colonel in the army.
IV. Alexander, born 1739. Appointed Lord of Session in 1788, under the title of
Lord Rockville. (See Article Fyvie.)
William, the Second Earl of Aberdeen, increased the family property very much,
having purchased Tolquhon, Fyvie, and other estates. He died in 1745, and was
succeeded by his son —