Peerage Record – 11531

     Lee Steere Steere lived at Jayes, Wotton, Surrey, England^G.¹ He was given the name of Lee Steere Witts at birth.¹

     Sarah Harrison was the daughter of Robert Harrison.¹

     Robert Harrison lived at London, England^G.¹

     Captain James Yorke MacGregor Scarlett, 4th Baron Abinger was born on 13 March 1871.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Gen. William Frederick Scarlett, 3rd Baron Abinger and Helen Magruder.¹ He died on 11 December 1903 at age 32, unmarried.¹ He was buried on 19 December 1903.¹ His will (dated at over £24,000) was proven (by probate.)¹
     He succeeded as the 4th Baron Abinger, of Abinger, Surrey and of the city of Norwich [U.K., 1835] on 16 January 1892.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1900 in the 2nd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Inverness-shire.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)²

     John Gordon, 1st and last Viscount Melgum and Lord Aboyne was the son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly and Lady Henrietta Stuart.¹ He married Lady Sophia Hay, daughter of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and Lady Elizabeth Douglas, in 1626.² He died on 9 October 1630 at Frendraugh Tower, Scotland^G, in a fire, without male issue.²
     He was created 1st Viscount Melgum and Lord Aboyne [Scotland] on 20 October 1627.¹
     On his death, his title became extinct.¹

     James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne was born between 1620 and 1630.¹ He was the son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell.¹ He died in February 1648/49 at Paris, France^G, unmarried.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Aboyne [S., 1632] on 13 June 1636, under a special remainder, where he specifically inherited on the death of his father or grandfather, whichever came first.² He fought in the Battle of the Bridge of Dee on 19 June 1639, where he was defeated by Montrose (then fighting for the Covenanters.)² On 24 April 1644 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G, he was excommunicated by the General Assembly.² In April 1645 at Menteith, Scotland^G, he joined Montrose.² On 13 September 1645 at Philiphaugh, Scotland^G, he defected from Montrose, ruining the King’s cause in Scotland.² In 1648 he was excepted from pardon, and made his escape to France.²
     On his death, his titles became extinct.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Margaret Irvine was the daughter of Sir Alexander Irvine, 10th of Drum and Magdalene Scrymgeour.^1,2 She married Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne, son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, before 1662.¹ She died in December 1662, without male issue.¹
     Margaret Irvine also went by the nick-name of ‘Bonnie Peggie Irvine’.³ After her marriage, Margaret Irvine was styled as Countess of Aboyne before 1662. From before 1662, her married name became Gordon.¹

     Sir Alexander Irvine, 10th of Drum was the son of Alexander Irvine, 9th of Drum and Lady Marion Douglas.^2,3 He married Magdalene Scrymgeour, daughter of John Scrymgeour, 1st Viscount Dudhope and Margaret Seton, on 2 July 1617.² He died in 1658.²
     He lived at Drum, Scotland^G.¹ He held the office of Sheriff Principal of Aberdeenshire in 1634.² Circa 1636 King Charles I had a patent made out to create him Earl of Aberdeen, but the Civil War stopped it passing the Great Seal.² He was during the absence of Sir Alexander, Drum Castle was besieged by the forces of General Monroe and 7th Earl Marischal, and was defended by its lady, who only surrendered after four mortars had been brought forward to batter the castle in June 1640.² On 9 June 1640 fulfilling his lady’s promise, he surrendered at Aberdeen, and was taken along with other Royalist prisoners to Edinburgh, where he was fined 10,000 merks.²

     Baron Christoph Pilars de Pilar was born on 16 March 1969.¹ He is the son of Josef Maria Paulus Gabriel Baron Pilars de Pilar and Comptesse Beatrice Lamotte d’Argy.²
     Baron Christoph Pilars de Pilar lived at Colmantstraße 35, Bonn, Germany^G.¹

     Dorothea von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg was born in 1541.¹ She was the daughter of Georg I Graf von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and Helena Truchessin von Waldburg.¹ She married Ulrich Graf zu Hardegg on 22 April 1571.¹ She died before 1581.¹
     She was a member of the House of Hohenlohe.¹