- Source: Viscount of Melgum
Viscount Melgum was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for Lord John Gordon, second son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly and Henrietta Stewart (see the Marquess of Huntly for earlier history of the family). He was made Lord Aboyne at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Melgum had no male issue and the titles became extinct on his death in 1630.
Viscount Melgum (1627)
John Gordon, 1st Viscount Melgum (d. 1630), married Sophia Hay. He was one of several individuals killed at the Fire of Frendraught. His daughter was Henrietta Gordon.
See also
Marquess of Huntly
Earl of Aboyne
Viscount Aboyne
References
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Viscount of Melgum
- Gordon (surname)
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
- List of peers 1630–1639
- Sophia Hay
- List of peers 1620–1629
- Marquess of Huntly
- List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- Henrietta Stewart
- List of lordships of Parliament
