Viscount Aboyne was a title in the
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland (; ) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union 1707, Treaty of Union, the Kingdom of Scots and the ...
. It was created on 20 April 1632 for
George Gordon, Earl of Enzie, eldest son of
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, with remainder that the title should pass to his second son the Hon. James Gordon on his death or on the death of his father, whichever came first. On Lord Huntly's succession to the marquessate in 1636 the viscountcy passed according to the special remainder to his second son, the second Viscount. He never married and on his death in 1649 the title became extinct.
Viscounts Aboyne (1632)
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George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, 1st Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649)
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James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649)
Family tree
See also
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Aboyne Castle
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Earl of Aboyne
Notes
References
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Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Scotland
Noble titles created in 1632
Peerages created with special remainders
Peerages created for eldest sons of peers