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The title of Earl of Aboyne in the Peerage of Scotland is held by the Gordon family, with the heir apparent to the Marquessate of Huntly using it as a courtesy title.

The peerage title of Earl of Aboyne was originally created in September 1660 for Lord Charles Gordon. At the time, he was the fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, and younger brother to James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne. Charles Gordon was also made Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet on the same occasion, with both titles being in the Peerage of Scotland.^[1]

The title descended from father to son for several generations. Charles Gordon's great-great-grandson, the 5th Earl, eventually succeeded to the higher title of Marquess of Huntly in 1836. Since then, the peerage earldom of Aboyne has been a subsidiary title held by the holder of the marquessate.^[2]

There is some contemporaneous evidence that suggests the title may have originally been created during the Civil War for Viscount Aboyne. However, this alleged prior creation is not substantiated in the primary sources on British and Scottish peerage.

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

Family tree

Family tree of the
Dukes of: Aubigny, Lennox, Gordon, Richmond; Marquesses of Huntly; Earls of: Aboyne, Enzie, Huntly, Kinrara, Lennox, March, and Richmond; Viscounts: Aboyne and Inverness; and Barons/Lords: Gordon of Badenoch, Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, Meldrum, Settrington, and Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine

Mormaer of Lennox (1st creation), 12th century

William I
(c. 1142–1214)
King of Scotland

David
(1152–1219)
Mormaer of Lennox, Earl of Huntingdon

Ailín I
(d. c. 1200)
possibly Mormaer of Lennox

Isobel of Huntingdon
(1199–1251)

Ailín II
(d. 1217)
Mormaer of Lennox

Robert V de Brus
(c. 1210–1295)

Maol Domhnaich (Maldoven)
(d. 1250)
Mormaer of Lennox

?

Gille Chriosd

Robert VI de Brus
(1243–1304)

Maol Choluim (Malcolm) I
(d. 1303)
Mormaer of Lennox

Amlaibh

Clan MacFarlane

Robert I
(1274–1329)
King of Scotland

Maol Choluim (Malcolm) II
(d. 1333)
Mormaer of Lennox

?

Marjorie Bruce
(1296–1316)

Domhnall (Donald)
(d. 1365)
Mormaer of Lennox

?

Edward III
(1312–1377)
King of England

Robert II
(1316–1390)
King of Scotland

Margaret
Countess of Lennox (?)

Walter of Faslane
(also Baltar mac Amlaimh)
de facto Mormaer of Lennox

Resigned, 1385

Earl of Richmond (5th creation), 1342

John of Gaunt
(1340–1399)
Earl of Richmond, Duke of Lancaster

Robert III
(1337–1406)
King of Scots

Robert Stewart
(c. 1340–1420)
Duke of Albany

Donnchadh
(1385–1425)
Mormaer of Lennox

Earldom of Richmond (5th creation) surrendered, 1372

Henry IV
(1367–1413)
King of England

John Beaufort
(1373–1410)
Earl of Somerset

Murdoch Stewart
(1362-1425)
Duke of Albany

Isabella
(d. 1458)
Countess of Lennox

Earldom of Lennox (1st creation) extinct, 1458

Earl of Richmond (6th creation), 1414

Earl of Huntly, 1445

John of Lancaster
(1389–1435)
Duke of Bedford, Earl of Richmond

John Beaufort
(c. 1403–1444)
Duke of Somerset

Alexander Seton (Gordon)
(d. 1470)
1st Earl of Huntly

James I
(1394–1437)
King of Scots

Joan Beaufort
(c. 1404–1445)

James Stewart
(c. 1399 – c. 1451)
Black Knight of Lorn

Earldom of Richmond (6th creation) extinct, 1435

Earl of Richmond (7th creation), 1452

Earl of Lennox (2nd creation), 1488

Edmund Tudor
(1430–1456)
1st Earl of Richmond

Margaret Beaufort
(1443–1509)

George Gordon
(d. 1501)
2nd Earl of Huntly

Annabella of Scotland (c.1433–1509)

James II
(1430–1460)
King of Scots

John Stewart
(bef. 1430–1495)
1st Earl of Lennox

John Stewart
(c. 1440–1512)
Earl of Atholl

Henry Tudor
(1457–1509)
2nd Earl of Richmond, Henry VII
King of England

James III
(1451–1488)
King of Scots

Mary Stewart
(1453–1488)

Earldom of Richmond (7th creation) merged into the Crown, 1509

Elizabeth Hamilton

Matthew Stewart
(1460–1513)
2nd Earl of Lennox

Henry VIII
(1491–1547)
King of England

Alexander Gordon
(d. 1524)
3rd Earl of Huntly

James IV
(1473–1513)
King of Scots

Margaret Tudor
(1489–1541)

Archibald Douglas
(1489–1557)
Earl of Angus

John Stewart
(c. 1490–1526)
3rd Earl of Lennox

Elizabeth Stewart

John Gordon
(d. 1517)
Lord Gordon

Margaret Stewart
(b. 1498)

Duke of Richmond and Somerset, 1525

Earl of Lennox (4th creation), 1578

Henry Fitzroy
(1519–1536)
Duke of Richmond and Somerset

George Gordon
(1514–1562)
4th Earl of Huntly

James V
(1512–1542)
King of Scots

Margaret Douglas
(1515–1578)

Matthew Stewart
(1516–1571)
4th Earl of Lennox

Robert Stewart
(c. 1522–1586)
Earl of Lennox, Earl of March

John Stewart
(d. 1567)
6th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Dukedom of Richmond and Somerset extinct, 1536

Earldom of Lennox (2nd creation) merged with crown, 1571

Earldom of Lennox (4th creation) "exchanged" for the Earldom of March, 1580

Earl of Lennox (3rd creation), c. 1571

Earl of Lennox (5th creation), 1580
Duke of Lennox (1st creation), 1581

George Gordon
(d. 1576)
5th Earl of Huntly

Mary
(1542–1587)
Queen of Scots

Henry Stuart
(1545–1567)
Lord Darnley

Charles Stuart
(1557–1576)
Earl of Lennox

Esmé Stewart
(1542–1583)
Earl of Lennox, 1st Duke of Lennox, 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Earldom of Lennox (3rd creation) extinct, 1576

Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 1599

Earl of Richmond, Baron Settrington, 1613, Duke of Richmond (1st creation), 1623

George Gordon
(1562–1636)
1st Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 6th Earl of Huntly

James VI & I
(1566–1625)
King of England and Scotland

Ludovic Stewart
(1574–1623)
2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, Earl of Richmond, and Baron Settrington

Esmé Stewart
(1579–1624)
3rd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Earl of Richmond, 3rd Baron Settrington, 1st Earl of March, 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Dukedom of Richmond, Earldom of Richmond and Settrington Barony extinct, 1623

Viscount Aboyne, 1632

Duke of Richmond (2nd creation), 1641

George Gordon
(c. 1592–1649)
2nd Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 7th Earl of Huntly, 1st Viscount Aboyne

Charles I
(1600–1649)
King of England and Scotland

James Stewart
(1612–1655)
4th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 2nd Earl of March

George Stewart
(1619–1642)
9th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Duke of Aubigny (France), 1684

Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet, 1660

James Gordon
(c. 1620–1649)
2nd Viscount Aboyne

Lewis Gordon
(c. 1626–1653)
3rd Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 8th Earl of Huntly

Charles II
(1630–1685)
King of England and Scotland

Louise de Kérousaille
(1649–1734)
Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchess of Aubigny

Charles Gordon
(c. 1638–1681)
1st Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Esmé Stewart
(1649–1660)
5th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Earl of March

Charles Stewart
(1639–1672)
6th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 4th Earl of March, 11th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Aboyne Viscountcy extinct, 1649

Dukedoms of Lennox and Richmond and Earl of March extinct, 1672

Duke of Gordon (1st creation), Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 1684

Duke of Richmond (3rd creation), 1675, Duke of Lennox (2nd creation), Earl of March (4th creation), Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington of Settrington in the County of York (2nd creation), and Lord Torbolton, 1675

George Gordon
1st Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 4th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 9th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1672–1723)
1st Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

Charles Gordon
(c. 1670–1702)
2nd Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Alexander Gordon
(1720–1752)
2nd Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 5th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 10th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1701–1750)
2nd Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

John Gordon
(d. 1732)
3rd Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Cosmo George Gordon
(1720–1752)
3rd Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 6th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 11th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1735–1806)
3rd Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

George Lennox
(1737–1805)

Charles Gordon
(c. 1726–1794)
4th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Alexander Gordon
(1743–1827)
4th Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 7th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 12th Earl of Huntly, 1st Earl of Norwich

Baron Meldrum of Morven in the County of Aberdeen, 1815
Marquess of Huntly reverted, 1838

George Duncan Gordon
(1770–1836)
5th Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 8th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 13th Earl of Huntly, 5th Earl of Enzie, 2nd Earl of Norwich

Lady Charlotte Gordon
(1768–1842)

Charles Lennox
(1764–1819)
4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, 4th Earl of March

George Gordon
(1761–1853)
9th Marquess of Huntly, 14th Earl of Huntly, 5th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 1st Baron Meldrum

Dukedom of Gordon (1st creation), Viscountcy of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, Earldom of Norwich (4th creation), Earldom of Enzie extinct, 1836

Charles Gordon-Lennox
(1791–1860)
5th Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Earl of March

Charles Gordon
(1792–1863)
10th Marquess of Huntly, 15th Earl of Huntly, 6th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 2nd Baron Meldrum

Duke of Gordon (2nd creation) and Earl of Kinrara, 1876

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1818–1903)
6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 6th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Earl of March

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1845–1928)
7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 7th Duke of Aubigny, 7th Earl of March

Charles Gordon
(1847–1937)
11th Marquess of Huntly, 16th Earl of Huntly, 7th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 3rd Baron Meldrum

Granville Armyne Gordon
(1856–1907)

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1870–1935)
8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 8th Duke of Aubigny, 3rd Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 8th Earl of March

Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon
(1883–1930)

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1899–1919)
Lord Settrington

Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox
(1904–1989)
9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 9th Duke of Aubigny, 4th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 9th Earl of March

Douglas Charles Lindsey Gordon
(1908–1987)
12th Marquess of Huntly, 18th Earl of Huntly, 8th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 4th Baron Meldrum

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1929–2017)
10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 10th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 10th Earl of March

Charles Gordon-Lennox
(b. 1955)
11th Duke of Richmond, 11th Duke of Lennox, 11th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 11th Earl of March

Granville Charles Gomer Gordon
(b. 1944)
13th Marquess of Huntly, 18th Earl of Huntly, 9th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 5th Baron Meldrum

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(b. 1994)
styled Earl of March and Kinrara

Alastair Gordon
(b. 1973)
styled Earl of Aboyne

Notes

^ Cokayne 1910, p. 53.
^ Cokayne 1910, p. 54.

References

Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 53–54.
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).