GORDON, George of Haddo, Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor of Scotland, Sir ^{1 2 3}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Created: Chancellor of Scotland, 1 May 1682 (sealed 9 May), Windsor, England. ¹

2. Replaced: Mr John Strachan as Regent, 1651, King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland. ⁴

3. Member: of Faculty of Advocates, 7 February 1668, Aberdeen, Scotland. ¹

4. Elected: Commissioner to represent Aberdeen in Scottish Parliament, 1669-1674, 1678, and 1681-2, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. ¹

5. Called: to Privy Council, 1678. ¹

6. Created: Lord of Session, 8 June 1680. ¹

7. Appointed: President of the College of Justice, 14 October 1681. ¹

8. Appointed: Sheriff, 7 November 1682, of Aberdeen, Scotland. ¹

9. Created: Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartyne, Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie, 30 November 1682, Whitehall, London, England. ¹

10. Appounted: Sheriff, 2 December 1682, of Edinburgh, Scotland. ¹

11. Resigned: as Chancellor of Scotland, 23 June 1684. ¹

George married Anne LOCKHART heiress of Tarbrax in 1671.¹ (Anne LOCKHART heiress of Tarbrax was born about 1651.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Earl George married, contract dated in 1671, Anna, daughter of George Lockhart of Tarbrax (deceased), with consent of her maternal grandfather, Sir James Lockhart of Lee (Lord Justice-Clerk), and of her brother William, to whom she was afterwards heir. They had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹