Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (c1638 - March 1681). The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly , styled Earl of Enzie from 1599 to 1636, eldest son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly by Lady Henrietta Stewart, daughter of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was brought up in England as a Protestant, and later created Viscount Aboyne by Charles I.On...

 and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent

Letters patent

Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...

 on 10 September 1660. On his death in 1681 he was succeeded in the earldom and lordship by his son.

Family

He married firstly, Margaret Irvine, daughter of Alexander Irvine, c1662, and had issue:

• Lady Ann Gordon (d. c1665)

His first wife died in 1662.

He married secondly, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne and Lady Elizabeth Maule, on 28 August 1665, and had issue:

• Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne
  Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne
  Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne . The eldest son of Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne and Elizabeth Lyon, he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Aboyne in March 1681...
  
   (c1670-1702)
• Hon. George Gordon
• Hon. John Gordon (d.1762)
• Lady Elizabeth Gordon, married John Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Cromartie (1685)