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    Aboyne Castle is a 13th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 0.75 mi (1.21 km) north of the town of Aboyne (Grid Reference NO5299). The location...
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    village of Aboyne was founded by Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne in 1671, who, in the same year, rebuilt the west wing of Aboyne Castle. The siting...
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    Clan Gordon (section Castles)
    large territory across the Highlands. Presently, Gordon is seated at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Chief of the clan is the Earl of Huntly, later the...
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    subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne (1660; Peerage of Scotland), and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County...
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  • Marquess of Huntly, 1st Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649) James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649) Aboyne Castle Earl of Aboyne Cokayne 1910, p. 52. Cokayne 1910...
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  • Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a Scottish peer and the Premier Marquess of Scotland. He...
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    4th Earl of Aboyne on 7 April 1732. On his death in 1794 he was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son. His family home was Aboyne Castle, but he had...
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    following is a list of castles known to have been in the ownership of the family: Scotland Aboyne Castle, just north of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, is a tall...
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  • Cock o' the North is a whisky liqueur, owned by the Gordon Clan of Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire. It has been produced under contract at the Speyside Distillery...
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  • Aboyne Academy is a secondary school in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The school is located on the Western side of the village and serves many other...
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  • Blackhall, a Catholic priest, met her in 1637, and joined her household at Aboyne Castle. Blackhall described the fire at Frendraught according to her account...
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  • restoration of many other Scottish castles, such as Tillycairn Castle, Lauriston Castle, Aboyne Castle, and Dairsie Castle. He also designed and built other...
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    Aboyne Castle estate. On 9 February 1891 he Aberdeen Free Press advertised a special train from Aberdeen along the Deeside line to the Loch of Aboyne...
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  • Primary Title Current Seat Former Seats Marquess of Huntly Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire Huntly Castle Marquess of Queensberry London Kinmount House Marquess...
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    Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne & Braemar Railway, built an extension to Ballater and...
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    August 2008. Way of Plean; Squire (2000), p. 40. "Site Record for Dolphiston Castle Details Details". Canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2012. "Clan...
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    particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. Saint Irchard, a medieval bishop of the Picts, was born in Kincardine...
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  • This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Aboyne and Glen Tanar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...
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    of Montrose, he marched against the Catholic James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne, Earl of Huntly, and defeated an attempt by the Royalists to seize Stonehaven...
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    Crathes Castle (pronounced /ˈkræθɪs/ KRATH-iss) is a castle, built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic...
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    Huntly Castle is a ruined castle north of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the rivers Deveron and Bogie meet. It was the ancestral home of the...
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    and buried; however it was dug up again in the 1820s and erected at Aboyne Castle. In 1959 it was returned to its current location. During the period...
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    Balmoral Castle (/bælˈmɒrəl/) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of...
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    English Crown not to allow him possession of Aboyne Castle as Alexander had not only two of the strongest castles in the north—Urquhart and Tarradale—but was...
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    of the village of Kincardine O'Neil, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Aboyne on the north side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire. The house was built for...
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    the Dee. Through Deeside the river passes Braemar, Balmoral Castle, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, and Banchory reaching the sea at Aberdeen. Near Ballater two...
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  • Kincardine Castle may refer to: Kincardine Castle (Royal Deeside), a Victorian country house near Aboyne in Kincardineshire Old Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder...
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    57°15′40″N 2°37′48″W / 57.261°N 2.630°W / 57.261; -2.630 Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near...
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    to Aboyne. Built by the Durwards in the 13th century and was the main stronghold of the barony of O’Neill. The last mention of the intact castle was...
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    Auchenhove Castle is a castle, of which little remains, dating from the 16th century, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Aboyne, at Auchenhove, Aberdeenshire...
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