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  • Similarly, in the recent election in Aboyne the SNP was the only party to increase its share of the vote and in Edinburgh Forth in 2008 its share of the vote went up 5.4%.

    Labour win Bannockburn by-election - Update Jeff 2009

  • "Oh sooner I had lost all the lands of Aboyne than my bonnie Peggy Irvine" recorded by June Tabor on "Ashes And Diamonds" (1977) play. exe EARLABOY. 2

    Earl of Aboyne 1977

  • Oh gone are days spent on the stays since the lord of Aboyne is coming

    Earl of Aboyne 1977

  • The _Earl of Aboyne_, are the coheirs of Sir Charles Cope, Baronet, of Orton; who represented Arabella, Countess of Sunderland, third coheir.

    Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850 Various

  • ‘Thro’ Bires and Aboyne, ’ she says, ‘lyin’ in a tour

    The Baron of Brackley 1910

  • It was young Aboyne, who was tired of fighting, which had not brought him any of the rewards he thought his due, and he took with him four hundred horse and many infantry.

    The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

  • Riots broke out in the capital, and Aboyne, Huntly's son, narrowly escaped violence; the people refused to allow the army to be disbanded or the fortresses to be dismantled, as had been stipulated by the peace, till the king had fulfilled the promise made by Hamilton at the assembly at Glasgow of abolishing the bishops.

    The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

  • Next day he was entertained at a dinner attended by three hundred persons, including Lords Fitzwilliam, Aboyne, and Hardwicke, Professor Sedgwick, and other leading men of the county, and an epergne of the value of £300 was presented to him by residents of the Isle of Ely.

    The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903

  • On September 6, 1715, Mar assembled at Aboyne the noblemen, chiefs of clans, gentlemen, and others, with such followers as could be brought together, and proclaimed James, king of Great Britain.

    An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893

  • Huntly country on Deeside, where Aboyne Castle now stands, and in a very short period the Gordons ranked among the most powerful and warlike clans of Scotland.

    The Life of Gordon, Volume I Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890

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