George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly
George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly,, styled Lord Strathavon until 1795 and Earl of Aboyne from 1795 to 1836, was a Scottish peer and soldier.
Portrait of Lady Catherine Gordon
Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles; only the English marquessate of Winchester is older. The Marquess holds the following subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne, and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen.
Huntly Castle, the former seat of the Marquesses of Huntly