54 COMPLETE PEERAGE acheson John (Lyon), 2nd Earl of Kinghorn [S.], by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, da. of Patrick (Maule), ist Earlof Panmure [S.]. He d. Mar. 1681. (") II. 1681. 2. Charles (Gordon), Earl of Aboyne, tfc. [S.], s. and h. C") Having been bred a " Papist " he qualified himself for taking his seat in the House, 27 July 1698, by taking the oath as a Protestant. He m. his ist cousin, Elizabeth, 2nd da. of (his maternal uncle) Patrick (Lyon), 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn [S.], by Helen, 2nd da. of John (Middleton), ist Earl of Middleton [S.]. He d. Apr. 1702. His widow m. Patrick (Kinnaird), 3rd Lord Kinnaird [S.], who d. 31 Mar. 171 5. She »z., 3rdly, Capt. Alexander Grant, of Grantsfield, and d. Jan. 1739. III. 1702. 3. John (Gordon), Earl of Aboyne, fe'c. [S.], s. and h. Served h. to his father in Nov. 1702. He w., 20 June 1724, Grace, da. of George Lockhart of Carnwath, by Euphemia, 2nd da. of Alexander (Montgomerie), 6th Earl of Eglington [S.J. He d. 7 Apr. 1732, at his seat of Charlton-Aboyne, Scotland. His widow w., Dec. 1734, James (Stuart), 8th Earl of Moray [S.], who d. 5 July 1767. She d. 17 Nov. 1738, at Darnaway, co. Moray. IV. 1732. 4. Charles (Gordon), Earl of Aboyne, iSc. [S.], s. and h., b. about 1726. After a long minority he entirely cleared his estate from debt, and actively improved it in other ways. He ;«., istiy, 22 Apr. 1759, at Edinburgh, Margaret, da. of Alexander (Stewart), 6th Earl of Galloway [S.], by his 2nd wife, Catherine, da. of John (Cochrane), 4th Earl of Dundonald [S.]. She d. 12 Aug. 1762, at Aboyne Castle. He w., 2ndly, 14 May 1774, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Mary, da. of James (Douglas), 14th Earl of Morton [S.], by his 1st wife, Agatha, da. of James Halyburton, of Pitcur. He d. 28 Dec. 1794, in St. Andrew's Sq., Edinburgh, in his 68th year. His widow d. 25 Dec. i8i6, aged 79, at Edinburgh. V. 1794. 5. George (Gordon), Earl of Aboyne, &*c. [S.], s. and h., by ist wife, b. at Edinburgh, 28 June 1761. On 28 May 1836 he w. as MARQUESS OF HUNTLY [S.], on the death of his cousin, George, 5th Duke of Gordon and 8th Marquess of HuNTLY [S.]. See " HuNTLY, " Marquessate [S.], cr. 1599, under the 9th Marquess. ACHESON BARONY. I. Archibald Acheson, styled Viscount Acheson, s. T J, and h. ap. of Archibald, 2nd Earl of Gosford [I.], and ^ 1st Lord WoRLiNGHAM, was, on 18 Sep. 1847, fr. BARON C) He was an author, and some of his poems are preserved. They are said to be not without merit, but licentious in tone. V.G. () In a letter of James, Earl of Perth, dat. 30 Mar. 1694, he is called "a most sweet youth and humble like the dust of the street, " V.G.
