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 | | Arthur Hamilton Gordon was born in London, England, on 26 November 1829, the youngest son of George Hamilton Gordon, fourth earl of Aberdeen, and his second wife, Harriet Douglas, daughter of the Honourable John Douglas and widow of James, Viscount Hamilton. |
 | | Gordon served as lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (1861-66), governor of Trinidad (1866-70), governor of Mauritius (1871-74), first governor of Fiji (1875-80), high commissioner and consul general for the western Pacific (1877-83), governor of New Zealand (1880-82), and governor of Ceylon (1883-90). |
 | | Arthur Gordon arrived in New Zealand in November 1880 with an established reputation as one of the abler governors of his generation. |
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