Haddo, House of, an estate, with a good mansion, in Forgue parish, Aberdeenshire, near the left bank of the Burn of Forgue, 8 miles NE of Huntly. Its late proprietor, John Forbes, Esq. (1794-1880), held 161 acres in the shire, valued at £179 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)