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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Schools) beside Huntly Castle. Huntly is the home of the Dean's bakers, producers of shortbread biscuits. In November 2007, the Dean's of Huntly opened their...
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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...
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Clan Gordon (section Castles)
Gordon is seated at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Chief of the clan is the Earl of Huntly, later the Marquess of Huntly. During the Wars of Scottish...
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Castle Huntly is a castle in Scotland, now used as a prison under the name HMP Castle Huntly. It is located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Dundee...
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estate was later tenanted by Alexander Gordon, second son of the 1st Earl of Huntly. A tower house was built on the estate by the Gordons. In 1662, the estate...
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2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592 – March 1649), styled Earl of Enzie from 1599 to 1636, eldest son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly by Lady Henrietta...
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Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly (fl. 1566), was a Scottish noblewoman and the wife of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scotland's leading Catholic...
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Aberdeen. At Huntly Castle, the Earl was confidently building a new hall and gallery. At the end of October 1594 James VI came to Huntly Castle to demolish...
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Huntly is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Huntly may also refer to: Huntly, Victoria, Australia Huntly railway station, Victoria Huntly, Western...
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Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell (category People from Huntly)
was born at Huntly Castle, sometimes called Strathbogie, in Aberdeenshire, the second eldest daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, the wealthiest...
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Mackintosh, 15th of Mackintosh had burned the Earl of Huntly's Auchindoun Castle which is why Huntly had him executed in 1550. However, Alexander Mackintosh-Shaw...
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received Mary's order to disperse. Huntly made an agreement with Regent Moray at St Andrews on 14 May 1569. Huntly was to make up his quarrel with the...
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servants. This started a feud between the Earl of Huntly and the Earl of Moray. The Earl of Huntly went to Ballindalloch in November 1590 to arrest the...
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Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly and purple taffeta was sent to Huntly to line it. Her servant Elspeth Douglas at Huntly was given a gown of black damask...
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Bognie Castle (also called Conzie Castle) is a ruined castle on Bognie Estate, between Huntly and Banff in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. Once rising...
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Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of the 4th Earl of Huntly and sister of Sir John Gordon and the 5th Earl of Huntly. They were divorced on 7 May 1567, citing his...
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the English throne; Huntly, always one of his favourites, was pardoned. The Scottish Justice Clerk, Lewis Bellenden wrote of Huntly in October 1587, alleged...
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Clan Gordon, Earl of Huntly Strathbogie Park, the former name of Christie Park, Huntly, home ground of association football club Huntly F.C. Strathbogie,...
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com/strongmanresults.html Huntly Castle was the location for Pure Strength '87 Allington Castle was the location for Pure Strength II in 1988 Stirling Castle was the setting...
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manipulate his father.) Mary and Huntly journeyed together towards Huntly Castle but the Queen, impatient at Huntly's refusal to hand over his son turned...
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of Gordon, GCB, PC (2 February 1770 – 28 May 1836), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician and the last...
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Battle of Brechin 18 May 1452. Huntly adopted the family name of Gordon about 1457. He died on 15 July 1470 at Huntly Castle and was buried in Elgin Cathedral...
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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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to Huntly Castle. However, Freuchie joined with the Tutor's men and the Earl of Moray, and came to Darnaway, and there shot pistols at Huntly's officers...
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She rode from the lowland royal court north over the Mounth towards Huntly Castle with her servants John Sinclair and Margaret Prestoun on 19 November...
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Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the...
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member of the House of Lords from 1987 to 1999. Huntly is the son of Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly, by the Honourable Mary Pamela Berry, daughter...
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stonemason John Fraser and other workmen to the demolition work at Huntly Castle and Slains, equipped with new shovels. Two walls meeting at a corner...
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Joan, brought the castle by marriage to Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly (1449). Its present owner is the Marquess of Huntly, whose family has owned...
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