Marquess of Huntly

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on April 17, 1599, for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English marquessate of Winchester being older. The Gordon family descends from Sir Adam Gordon, of Huntly, who was killed at the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402. He was succeeded in his estates by his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Seton. Their son Alexander assumed the surname of Gordon in lieu of Seton and was created Earl of Huntly in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1498 to 1501. His younger son the Hon. Adam Gordon married Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Sutherland. Their grandson John Gordon succeeded his grandmother in the earldom in 1535 (see the Earl of Sutherland for further history of this branch of the family). Lord Huntly's elder son, the third Earl, was a member of the Council of Regency in 1517. He was succeeded by his grandson, the fourth Earl.