Today, we introduce the Scottish nobleman The Marquess of Huntly, the Scottish title of Nobleman established on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntley, the oldest surviving marquis in Scotland and the second oldest marquis in the British Isles, after the Marquis of Winchester in England. The titles appended to the Marquis of Huntley included: Earl of Aboine (Scottish nobleman established in 1660), Baron Gordon of Stratherwin and Glen Leewirt, and Baron Meldron of Malvern, Aberdeenshire (United Kingdom nobleman established in 1815).
Family title features: Once held the title of Duke of Gordon, but it could only be inherited by the male descendants of the first-time duke, but after the duke's death, a female descendant married other dukes, and her grandson was re-established as Duke of Gordon; the marquisate was passed on to the present day among the descendants of the first knight.
The Gordon family, which originated from Sir Adam de Gordon of Huntley, was killed at the Battle of Mount Humberton in 1402 and was inherited by his daughter Elizabeth Gordon. Elizabeth Gordon married Alexander Seton, and after the marriage he and all male heirs took Gordon's surname. In 1445 he was made Count of Hunterley, a Scottish nobleman, and his eldest son, the 2nd Earl, served as Scottish Magistrate from 1498 to 1501. The youngest son, His Excellency Hon. Adam Gordon married Elizabeth, The Suo jure Countess of Sutherland. Their grandson John Gordon inherited his grandmother's title in 1535, starting a family of Earls of Sutherland.
In England, since noblewomen and noblewomen used the same word representation, the Latin prefix suo jure was used before the word noblewoman, indicating that she had been crowned noble by her own rights, so that in documents relating to the nobility, it was possible to make a clear distinction with the noblewoman who married the nobleman, proving that she was a lady. It is rare for British men to receive any title or honorific title from their wives, but this is the case in other countries. The suo jure prefix can also be used for males if a male was originally a "co-lord" of his father or other family member, and became the sole holder of the title "in his or her own right" after the death of that family member.
The eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Huntley became the 3rd Earl and in 1517 was a member of the Regency Council. His grandson, the 4th Earl, served as Scottish Magistrate from 1546 to 1562 before inheriting the title, but was killed a year after hereditary succession. In 1563, Parliament passed the Expropriation Act, stripping him of all titles. His eldest son, George Gordon, was sentenced to death for treason in 1563, but was later pardoned. In 1567 he restored and succeeded to his father's title as 5th Earl and served as Scottish Magistrate.
George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntley, son of the 5th Earl of Huntley, was made 1st Marquis of Huntley in 1599, Lord Gordon of Badenoch of Badenoch and Earl of Enzie, born in 1562, educated in France as Roman Catholic and involved in activities against King James VI. Before treason was discovered, he served as captain of the Holly Rhodes Guard. He waged a private battle over a family feud and was written into the ballad The Bonnie Earl O'Moray. His eldest son, who succeeded as the 2nd Marquis of Huntley, became Protestant in England, joined the Royalists during the Civil War, and in 1647 his actions were pardoned but later beheaded.
In 1632, four years before his father's death, the 2nd Marquis of Huntley was, in his own right, made the Scottish nobleman Viscount Aboyne, a title that should be passed on to his second son, His Excellency James Gordon, after his death or his father's death, in time to the person who died first.
In 1661, the Deprivation of Property Act of 1649 against the 2nd Marquis was rescinded by Parliament. In 1684, George Gordon, 4th Marquis of Huntley, was given the title of Bardno, Lohabo, Stratavin, Balmor, Ossington, Baron Gati and Kinkadan, Viscount Inverness, Count of Huntley and Enzi, and Duke of Gordon, for a total of four Scottish titles. His son, Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke, was a supporter of James Francis Edward Stuart of old Pretender, who married Lady Henrietta, daughter of charles Mordorte, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 8th Baron Ofordor, and their eldest son, the 3rd Duke, served in the House of Lords as a representative of the Scottish nobility from 1747 to 1752. His eldest son, the 4th Duke of the North, was a representative of the Scottish nobility from 1767 to 1784, serving as a lieutenant in Aberdeenshire and a Scottish Seal Minister, and in 1784 he was made The Earl of Norwich of Norfolk and The Gordon of Huntley, Gloucestershire. Gordon's great-grandfather, Henry Howard, the father of Lady Elizabeth Howard, wife of the 1st Duke, was made Baron Howard of Castle Rising in 1669 and Earl of Norwich in 1672. In 1777, after the death of the 4th Earl of Norwich and the 9th Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Norwich was already extinct, and in 1784 he was restored to The Duke of Gordon. In 1819, Duke Gordon also succeeded barony of Mordaunt through his grandmother.
His son, the 5th Duke of Gordon, was an Army general who served as a lieutenant in Aberdeenshire and a Scottish Seal Minister. In 1807, he was summoned to the House of Lords by hastening order, Baron Gordon of Huntley, with his father's low knighthood. In 1836, duke Gordon died without a legal heir, so the dukehood and vassal titles established in 1684 and the titles of Great Britain's nobility established in 1784 were extinct. Baron Morton was shelved at his sister's place. Gordon's eldest sister, Mrs. Charlotte Gordon, inherited the estate of the Duke of Gordon, and her son Charles, 5th-generation Richmond and Lennox, Duke of Lennox, changed his surname to Gordon Lennox. In England, it was common to change surnames for the dukehood.
In 1875, his son Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, was awarded the Duke of Gordon, a NobleMan of the United Kingdom, and the dukehood was restored, and the 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox held 3 dukehoods.
At the same time, the Duke of Gordon's vassal title, The Marquis of Hunterley, was succeeded by his relative, George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne, as the 9th Marquis of Huntley. However, the House of Lords did not grant his claim to Baron Gordon and Count Enzi of Badenno, although it was created at the same time as the marquisate, and his claim to the ancient Count Huntley was not granted.
The family's current ancestral home is Aboyne Castle
The Marquis of Huntley also held the title of Baron Gordon of Strath haven and Glen Levitt, who served as a representative of the Scottish nobility from 1796 to 1807. In 1815 he was made Baron Meldron of Malvern, Aberdeenshire, a nobleman of the United Kingdom.
The son of the 9th Marquis Of Huntley, the 10th Marquis of Huntley, represented East Grinstead and Huntingtonshire in the House of Commons and served as a Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. His eldest son, the 11th Marquis of Huntley, was a liberal politician who served briefly under William Evatt Gladstone in 1881 as Chief of Guards. His nephew, the 12th Marquis, was fathered by Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Gordon (1883–1930), the son of granville Am Gordon (1856–1907), the sixth son of the 10th Marquis.
Currently, granville Charles Gomer Gordon (born 1944), the son of the 12th Marquis, is hereditary in 1987 as the 13th Marquis of Huntley, the 9th Earl of Aboine, the 9th Baron Gordon of Stratavin and Glen Leevette, and the 5th Baron Meldron, the head of the Gordon family.
The Nobles Act of 1963 granted seats to all Scottish nobles in the House of Lords, and prior to the passage of the Act, the Marquis of Huntley entered the House of Lords by virtue of the Low Noble Title of Baron Meldron of the United Kingdom.