Earl of Aboyne
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Earl of Aboyne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland held by the Gordon family. The earldom was created in September 1660 for Charles Gordon, fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, and younger brother of James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne.
Charles Gordon was granted the title along with the subsidiary title of Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet on the same date in September 1660, both dignities being in the Scottish peerage.Template:Sfn The earldom descended through the male line for several generations within the Gordon family.
The fifth Earl eventually inherited the higher title of Marquess of Huntly in 1836. Since that time, the earldom has served as a subsidiary title of the marquessate, with the heir apparent to the marquessate traditionally using the title as a courtesy title.Template:Sfn The title also exists as a separate dignity within the Baronage of Scotland and is currently held by Christiano Arnhold Simoes, Earl and Lord of Aboyne.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Some contemporary evidence suggests that the title may have been originally created during the English Civil War for the then-Viscount Aboyne. However, this alleged prior creation lacks substantiation in the primary sources documenting British and Scottish peerage titles.
Earls of Aboyne (1660)
- Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (died 1681)
- Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne (died 1702)
- John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne (died 1732)
- Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (c. 1726–1794)
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (1761–1853) (succeeded as 9th Marquess of Huntly in 1836)
see Marquess of Huntly for further succession
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References
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- Gordon of Gordounston, Robert, A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh 1813), p. 528 (the continuation by Gilbert Gordon of Sallagh, concluded in 1651, provides the most explicit evidence that the 2nd Viscount was "created earl by the king's patent" around 1645).