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ABINGDON COMPLETE PEERAGE 45 ABERNETHY See " Saltoun of Abernethy, " Barony [S.] {AberKcthy, afterwards Frazer), cr. 1445. i.e.^ " Abernethy and Strathearn " [rectius ' Strathdearn ' in Moray], Barony [S.] (Stewart), cr. 1562, with the Earldom of Moray [S.], which see. /'.f., " Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest," Barony [S.] (Douglas), cr. 1633, with the Marquessate of Douglas [S.], which see. i.e., " Angus and Abernethy, " Marquessate [S.], (Douglas), cr. 1703, with the Dukedom of Douglas [S.], which see; extinct 1761. ABERRUTHVEN i.e., " Aberruthven, Mugdock and Fintrie, " Barony [S.] (Graham), cr. 1707, with the Dukedom of Montrose [S.], which see. ABINGDON EARLDOM. I. James (Bertie) {^) Lord Norreys of Rycote, y ^- younger s. of Montagu, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, being ■ ^ ■ ist s. by his 2nd wife, Bridget, sua jure Baroness Norreys, only da. and h. of Edward Wray, Groom of the Bedchamber to' James I. He was bap. 16 June 1653, at St. Margaret's, Westm., and sue. to the Barony, vested in his mother, 24 Mar. 1656/7. He first sat in Pari. " as a Peer by descent, " under the style of " James Norris de Rycot, " 13 Apr. 1675, () and was again sum. 17 Oct. 1679 and i Mar. 1679/80. On 30 Nov. 1682 he was cr. EARL OF ABINGDON, Berks. He was Lord Lieut, of Oxon 1674-87, Q High Steward of Oxford City, 16 Sep. 1687, and was one of the most active of the Peers who in 1688 C^) invited the Prince of Orange to mediate between James II (*) The Berties, Earls of Abingdon, bear the arms of Bertie as they are borne by the Berties, Earls of Lindsey. The and Earl of Abingdon put the arms of Ven- ables in the ist quarter of his shield, [tw inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. C") journals, vol. xii, p. 653. Q He was one of the 1 5 Lord Lieutenants who were dismissed by James II, in 1687, for a list of whom see vol. ii, Appendix G. (*) For a list of these see vol. ii. Appendix H.