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AB-ADAM see AP-ADAM
ABBEY LEIX
See "De Vesci of Abbey Leix, Queen's County," Viscountcy [I.] (Vesey), cr. 1776 (the 2nd Baron Knapton[I.], being the grantee.).
i.e., "De Vesci of Abbey Leix, Queen's County," Barony [U.K.] (Vesey), cr. 1884; extinct 1903; see as above, under the 4th Viscount [I.].
ABBOTS LANGLEY
See "Raymond of Abbots Langley, co. Hertford," Barony (Raymond), cr. 1731; extinct 1753.
ABERBROTHWICK
i.e., "Hamilton, Avane, Aberbrothwick and Bothwellhaugh," Barony [S.] (Stewart), sometimes (but apparently erroneously as to the two last-named titles) said to have been cr. 1581, with the Earldom of Arran [S.], which see; forfeited 1585.
| BARONY [S.] I. 1608. |
1. James (Hamilton), 2nd Marquess of Hamilton [S.], received from James VI [S.] the lands, patronages and titles belonging to the Abbey of Aberbrothwick, the same being, by charter dat. 5 May 1608, erected into a temporal Lordship in his favour with the title of a Lord of Parliament, i.e. "LORD ABERBROTHWICK" [S.]. See "Hamilton," Marquessate of [S.], cr. 1599, under the 2nd Marquess. |
ABERCARN
See "Llanover of Llanover and Abercarn, co. Monmouth," Barony, cr. 1859, extinct 1867.
