Marquess of Huntly

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The title Marquess of Huntly was created in the Peerage of Scotland on April 17, 1599, 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 title Earl of Huntly was originally created for Alexander Gordon in 1445. Gordon's descendant, the sixth Earl, was created Marquess of Huntly in 1599, with the subsidiary titles of Earl of Enzie and Lord Gordon of Badenoch.

The fourth Marquess was made Duke of Gordon on November 3, 1684, and a new creation was made of most of his subsidiary titles, re-creating him as Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Enzie, and also Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, all in the Peerage of Scotland. These titles all became extinct upon the death of the fifth duke. The older titles were claimed by the Earl of Aboyne, who brought to the Marquessate the subsidiary titles of Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strahaven and Glenlivet (both in the Peerage of Scotland, 1660). On August 11, 1815, George Gordon, Earl of Aboyne was created Baron Meldrum of Morven in the County of Aberdeen, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and before 1963, the Marquess sat in the House of Lords under that title.