A System of Heraldry - Clan Strachan Society

OF FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS.
and Modern Use of Armories, at the title of Feudal Arms : Secondly, Alexander married
Giles Hav, daughter and heiress or' John Hay, Baron of Tullibody, Touch and
Kn.'ie; by \\imni MC had Sir Alexander Seaton, first or' the family of Touch in
Stirlingshire,
ot whom before : And for his third wife, he had Margaret, daughter
of William Loid Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland, and by her had George his
successor. He, for his special service performed to King James II. in his minority,
was, by that king, in the year 1449, created Karl of Huntly ; and for the notable
defeat this carl gave to my Lord Crawford, then in rebellion at Brechin, on the
of Inver-
1 8th of May 1453, he got in reward from King James II. the sherifl'ship
ness, with divers other manors and lordships, as that of Badenoch, for which the
family has been in use to place in a quarter of their arms those of the lordship ot
Badenoch.
assumed the
George succeeded his father, and was second Earl of Huntly : He
surname of Gordon, and placed the arms of that name in the first quarter, and
those of Seaton in the third quarter; as by the following blazon :
GEORGE, the sixth Earl of HUNTLY, in a lineal descent, was, by
the favour of
King James VI. advanced to the dignity of Marquis of Huntly ; and his greatgnuidson,
George Marquis of Huntly, was, by King Charles II. honoured with the
dignity and title of Duke of GORDON, the ist of November 1684, and was, by King
James VII. made one of the Knights of the most ancient Order of the Thistle.
He married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Henry Duke of Norfolk, by whom he
had Alexander the present Duke of Gordon. The achievement of the family is,
quarterly, first Gordon, azure, three boars' heads couped or; second or, three lions'
heads erased gules, langued azure, as Lord of Badenoch ; third the paternal coat of
Seaton, as descended of the family ; fourth azure, three cinquefoils argent, for
Fraser : Which arms, in the late duke's time, were surrounded with the collar of
the most ancient Order of the Thistle, timbred with crown, helmet, and valets,
suitable to his Grace's quality ; crest, a buck's head couped, proper, attired or:
motto, Bydand ; supporters, two deer-hounds, proper, collared gules, and charged
with three buckles or.
The honourable branches of this family are GORDON Earl of ABOYNE. The first -
of this House was Charles Gordon, a younger son of George, second Marquis of
Huntly, by his ludy, Anne Campbell, daughter of Archibald Earl of Argyle ; who,
for his loyalty, was, by King Charles II. dignified with the title of Earl of Aboyne,
loth of September 1661. He died 1680, leaving issue, by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter of John Earl of Strathmore, Charles, his successor ; who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Patrick Earl of Strathmore, his cousin-german : And their son
is the present Charles Earl of Aboyne, whose achievement is, azure, a cheveron
between three boars' heads couped, within a double tressure, flowered with flowerde-luces
within, and adorned with crescents without or, for Seaton ; crest, a demi-
lion rampant azure; supporters, two men armed at all parts, holding each a hal-
bert in his hand, proper: motto, Slant catera tigno.
The Right Honourable GEORGE GORDON Earl of ABERDEEN, Viscount of FOR-
TIN, Lord HADDO, &-c. descended of Gordon, an ancient family of that name
in Aberdeenshire. He was digriified with the above titles of honour, 3oth of November
1682 ; his arn.s,v/2///r, three boars' heads couped, within a double tressure,
flowered and counter-flowered with thistles, roses, and flower-de-luces or; crest,
two arms -from the shoulder naked, holding a bow, proper, to let an arrow fly:
motto. Fortmi a scqimtur; supported on the dexter by a man representing one of
the Senators of the College 'of Justice in robes, proper, and, on the sinister, by a
Minister of State, in his robes also. He was President of the College of Justice,
and thereafter High Chancellor of Scotland.
GORDON of Abergeldie, descended of the Earl of Huntly, carried that Earl's
arms, quartered with a mullet for difference, by Mr Font's Blazons ; but, by our
New Register, all within a bordure quartered, argent and gules.
ROBERT GORDON of Pitlurg, the paternal coat of Gordon, within a bordure or ;
crest, a dove, proper : motto, I bops.
Ibid.
JAMES GORDON of Rothiemay, azure, a saltier between three boars' ruads couped
or. Ibid.