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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76569" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76569" /> == | ||
<p> A district in S. Aberdeenshire, between the Don and the Dee, has given a title to many earls; one was regent of [[Scotland]] in 1572, another, nicknamed "Bobbing Joan," led the Jacobite rising of 1715; on the death without issue of the earl in 1866 the question of succession was at issue; the Committee of Privileges granted it to his cousin, the [[Earl]] of Kellie, thereafter [[Mar]] and Kellie, and a | <p> A district in S. Aberdeenshire, between the Don and the Dee, has given a title to many earls; one was regent of [[Scotland]] in 1572, another, nicknamed "Bobbing Joan," led the Jacobite rising of 1715; on the death without issue of the earl in 1866 the question of succession was at issue; the Committee of Privileges granted it to his cousin, the [[Earl]] of Kellie, thereafter [[Mar]] and Kellie, and a Bill in [[Parliament]] awarding it to his nephew, who is thus Earl of Mar. </p> | ||
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