A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . th, heiress of Gordon, whomarried Sir Alexander Seton. From that date the Aboyne estates havebeen possessed by the descendants of Alexander and Elizabeth—the Earlsand Marquises of Huntly and the Earls of Aboyne. 1. Charles, first Earl of A boyne. Lord Charles Gordon, third son of George, second Marquis ofHuntly, was a firm adherent to the interests of Charles r. and 11., duringthe civil wars, in the course of which he suffered many har
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . th, heiress of Gordon, whomarried Sir Alexander Seton. From that date the Aboyne estates havebeen possessed by the descendants of Alexander and Elizabeth—the Earlsand Marquises of Huntly and the Earls of Aboyne. 1. Charles, first Earl of A boyne. Lord Charles Gordon, third son of George, second Marquis ofHuntly, was a firm adherent to the interests of Charles r. and 11., duringthe civil wars, in the course of which he suffered many hardships. In con-sideration of his faithful services he was created Earl of Aboyne, LordStrathnavon and Glenlivet, to him and the heirs-male of his body, 14thSeptember 1660. The following year he had a charter under the GreatSeal of the lands and lordship of Aboyne, and died in March 1681. Hemarried Margaret Irvine of Drum, best remembered as Bonnie PeggieIrvine, by whom he had an only daughter, Lady Ann, and to whom headdressed some popular verses. She died in December 1662 ; and aboutthree years later Lord Aboyne married, secondly, Lady Elizabeth Lyon,. only daughter of John, second Earl of Kinghorn, by whom he had fourchildren :—? 1. Charles, second Earl of Aboyne. 2. The Hon. George Gordon. 3. The Hon. John Gordon, who served in the army abroad, and diedin Edinburgh, at an advanced age, 22nd July 1762. 4. Lady Elizabeth, married, in 1685, to John, second Earl ofCromarty, and died before her husband succeeded to that title, 452 AND THIRD EARLS 2. Charles, second Earl of Aboyne, succeeded his father in 1681. When he proposed to take his place inParliament, 27th July 1698, it was objected that he had been bred andwas a professed Papist, and accordingly that he ought not to be allowed tosit, until evidence was furnished that he had relinquished his old faith andembraced the Protestant religion. On his declaring openly in Parliamentthat he had done so, and that he had
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