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  George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen - LoveToKnow 1911
GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON ABERDEEN, 4TH Earl Of (1784-1860), English statesman, was the eldest son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo, by his wife Charlotte, daughter of William Baird of Newbyth, Haddingtonshire, and grandson of George, 3rd earl of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen was a distinguished scholar with a retentive memory and a wide knowledge of literature and art.
The 6th earl, George (1841-1870), son of the 5th earl, was drowned at sea, and was succeeded by his brother John Campbell Gordon, 7th earl of Aberdeen (b.
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 George Gordon Aberdeen - LoveToKnow 1911
GEORGE GORDON ABERDEEN, 1ST Earl Of (1637-1720), lord chancellor of Scotland, son of Sir John Gordon, 1st baronet of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, executed by the Presbyterians in 1644, was born on the 3rd of October 1637.
His person was said to be deformed, and his "want of mine or deportment" was alleged as a disqualification for the office of lord chancellor.
He married Anne, daughter and sole heiress of George Lockhart of Torbrecks, by whom he had six children, his only surviving son, William, succeeding him as 2nd earl of Aberdeen.
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  Aberdeenshire: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The chief towns are Aberdeen (population in 1901, 153,503), Bucksburn (2231), Fraserburgh (9105), Huntly (4136), Inverurie (3624), Peterhead (11,794), Turriff (2273).
Aberdeen itself was burned by the English in 1336, and the re-settlement of the districts of Buchan and Strathbogie occasioned constant quarrels On the part of the dispossessed.
Her death dissipated these dreams, and as George I, her successor, was antipathetic to the clergy, it happened that Jacobitism and episcopalianism came to be regarded in the shire as identical, though in point of fact the non-jurors as a body never countenanced rebellion.
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (January 28, 1784 - December 14, 1860) was a Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
Returning home he was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Viscount Gordon, of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen (1814), and made a member of the Privy Council.
As reports returned detailing the mis-management of the conflict Russell resigned; and on 29 January 1855 a motion for the appointment of a select committee to enquire into the conduct of the war, was carried by a large majority.
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG KT FRS PC (28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860) was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative & Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he was the eldest son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo.
His eldest son, George John James, succeeded as 5th Earl; his second son was General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B.; his third son was the Reverend Douglas Hamilton-Gordon; and his youngest son Arthur Hamilton Gordon, was created Baron Stanmore in 1893.
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 Gordon George Hamilton at wwww.els.uk.com -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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 DO WELL AND LET THEM SAY: GORDON
The Earl had in 1424 been one of the hostages sent to England as security for the ransom of James I., and his son George, the second Earl, married the Princess Joanna, daughter of that King, from whom all the later heads of the house have the royal Stewart blood in their veins.
Earl George’s second son, Adam, Lord of Aboyne, marrying Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, became Earl of Sutherland in her right, and ancestor of the great Sutherland family, while the third son, Sir William Gordon, became ancestor of the Gordons of Gight, and so of George Gordon, Lord Byron, in the nineteenth century.
George, the fourth Earl, was the distinguished statesman who was Queen Victoria’s Prime Minister at the time of the Crimean War; and the present head of the house, who is his grandson, has also held many high offices, including those of Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
Afterwards 1st Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset.
1855 (711) Francis (Leveson-Gower), 1st Earl of Ellesmere.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Summary
George Hamilton Gordon was born on Jan. 28, 1784, in Edinburg, Scotland.
Aberdeen, as a politician and diplomat, was a compromiser.
George Hamilton Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, KG, KT, PC (28 January 1784–14 December 1860) was a Scottish Tory/Peelite politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 4 January 1916, along with the title Earl of Haddo, for the 7th Earl of Aberdeen.
Sir George Gordon, 3rd Baronet had been created Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartine, and Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie on 30 November 1682, all in the Peerage of Scotland.
The title Earl of Haddo is the courtesy title for the Marquess's eldest son and heir, the eldest son of whom has the courtesy title Viscount of Formartine.
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 Haddo House Estate
In 1682 George was appointed High Chancellor of Scotland and was, in the same Year, raised to the peerage of Scotland as the 1st Earl of Aberdeen.
His first wife was the daughter of the Earl of Leven and Melville, his second, the daughter of the Duke of Atholl and his third, who he married in 1729, the daughter of the Duke of Gordon.
The Third Earl's son, Lord Haddo was killed in an unfortunate riding accident at Gight in 1795 and the Haddo Estate was inherited by his son, the 3rd Earl's grandson George.
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(mcrt 24.01.1606) Margaret Bannerman (dau of George Bannerman of Watertoun)
Mary Forbes (dau of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord of Pitsligo)
(1671) Anne Lockhart (bur 19.07.1707, dau of George Lockhart of Torbrecks / Tarbrax)
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 THe Hamilton Gordon Line
Sir John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (August 3, 1847 - March 7, 1934) was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.
Sir David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was the son of Sir Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Cécile Elizabeth Drummond.
George GORDON 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen(2) (2906) was born on 20 Jan 1879.
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 Descendants of Bartolf, Progenitor of The Family of LESLIE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On 10 August 1530, George of Drumbarrow was granted the feu on the lands of Aikenway, as well as the fishing at the Bridge of Spey, by Master Gavin Lesly, Rector of the Parish Church of Rothes, holding of the Rectors of the Church of Rothes as superior, [GD 204/686.
The Earl of Rothes was patron of the lands and sasine was granted on the 15th October 1537, with William 2nd Laird of Aikenway, his elder brother as baillie.
Anna Gordon was the daughter of George Gordon, Fifth Laird of Terpersy, and his wife Ann Burnett of Craigmyle, and she died 17 March 1766.
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 Huntly Castle
In 1306 the castle was held by John of Strathbogie, Earl of Fife and Atholl, a staunch
George, 4th Earl of Huntly, rebuilt the castle from basement level up.
Huntly Castle was looted and George's younger son was executed.
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 History of Southern Illinois ~ Biography of Rev. George Alexander Gordon
Gordon was asked by resolution to exercise his gift in the way of public speaking, and after he had complied with the request was ordained to the Gospel ministry by the usual forms of the Missionary Baptist church.
Gordon, and, the meeting being properly organized, proceeded to discuss the propriety of a new church organization, the result being the organization of the Baptist Church of Christ, under a firm constitution.
Gordon became a Republican on the organization of that party, later was a Democrat, and in 1880 began to advocate the principles of the Prohibition party.
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 Byron George Gordon Noel 6th Baron Byron - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), known as Lord Byron, English poet, who was one of the most important and versatile writers...
Gordon, Lord George: Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine of Restormel
Gordon, Lord George (1751-1793), British religious agitator, born in London, and educated at Eton College.
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 Overview of William Gordon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Gordon was the eldest surviving son of George Gordon, the 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637 - 1720) and baptised at Methlick (Aberdeenshire).
In 1708, as Lord Haddo, Gordon was chosen as Member of Parliament for Aberdeen but, as he was the eldest son of a Peer, he was declared ineligible.
This was the first of three marriages; Mary died in 1710, without producing a male heir, and in 1716 Gordon married Lady Susan Murray, daughter of John Murray, the 1st Duke of Atholl (1660 - 1724), but she died in childbirth (1725).
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 thePeerage.com - John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sir George Gordon of Haddo, 1st Earl of Aberdeen+ b.
Sir George Gordon of Haddo, 1st Earl of Aberdeen
He was the son of Sir George Gordon of Haddo, 1st Earl of Aberdeen and Anne Lockhart.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on HACKED BY TURK-SOPHİA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess Of, 2nd Earl of Ripon, Viscount Goderich of Nocton R (en)
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (en)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl Of, Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartine, Lord Hadd (en)
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 thePeerage.com - Lady Katherine Eliza Gordon and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She was the daughter of Sir George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie.
She married Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, son of Sir George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie, on 7 November 1877 in St.
Robert Henry Clive, son of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis and Henrietta Antonia Herbert, on 19 June 1819.
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 FLASHMAN READER - A
Orphaned at age 11, George Gordon (who added his deceased first wife's family name to his own surname in 1818) was reared by guardians, the politicians William Pitt the Younger and Henry Dundas (later Viscount Melville), and inherited the earldom from his grandfather in 1801.
It was Aberdeen was who brought Count Nicholas Ignatieff, in a peace party of Russian nobles, to Balmoral in September 1856 where he then attempted to kill Flashman.
AUCKLAND, (GEORGE EDEN) 1st Earl of - 1784-1849.
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 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
george hamilton gordon, 4th earl of aberdeen (eb)
george kenneth hotson younger, 4th viscount younger of leckie
/george william frederick villers, 4th earl of clarendon
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 George Hamilton-Gordon Biography
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (January 28, 1784 - December 14, 1860) was a Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
He was the eldest son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo.
His eldest son, George John James, succeeded as 5th Earl; his second son was General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B.; his third son was the Reverend Douglas Hamilton-Gordon; and his youngest son Arthur Hamilton, was created Baron Stanmore in 1893.
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 Lord Byron
On her way there she gave birth to a son, christened George Gordon after his maternal grandfather, who was descended from Sir William Gordon of Gight, grandson of James I of Scotland.
She was the first wife of Baron King, who in 1838 was created 1st earl of Lovelace, and had two sons (of whom the younger was 2nd earl of Lovelace) and a daughter, Lady Anne, who married Wilfrid S. Blunt.
On the death of the 2nd earl the barony of Wentworth went to his daughter and only child, and the earldom of Lovelace to his half-brother by the 1st earl's second wife.
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George left one son, another Sir William, who married Lady Jean Carnegie, daughter of the first Earl of Northesk, and by her had four children--two daughters, Margaret and Anne, and two sons, John and David.
The letters of even such men as the Lord Advocate, Sir George Mackenzie, and the Dalrymples,--letters written in circumstances more favourable to composition than the despatches of a soldier are ever likely to be--are every whit as capricious and startling in their variations from the received standard of orthography.
Their leader was at first the Earl of Eglinton, a staunch Covenanting lord; but as they gathered strength Argyle joined them with his Highlanders, and the command soon passed into his hands.
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 Kit No. GG32   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Gordons are of Norman origin and settled in the South of Scotland in the 12th Century.
The manuscripts of the History of the House of Gordon, compiled by the late Edward Gordon of Cairnfild, were placed by his son, George Gordon of Cairnfild, in the Library of King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Gordon is one of the more common Scottish names in Ireland, found in Munster, common in Leinster and Connacht, and very common in Ulster (where over half are in Co. Antrim).
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 Lord Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl of Aberdeen [S., 1682] on 14 December 1860.2 He succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount of Formartine [S., 1682] on 14 December 1860.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, co. Aberdeen on 14 December 1860.
Sir John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl and 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair b.
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