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  ABERDEEN - LoveToKnow Article on ABERDEEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, IST EARL OF (1637-1720), lord chancellor of Scotland, son of Sir John Gordon, ist baronet of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, executed by the Presbyterians in 1644, was born on the 3rd of October 1637.
Aberdeen is served by the Caledonian, Great North of Scotland and North British railways (occupying a commodious joint railway station), and there is regular communication by sea with London and the chief ports on the eastern coast of Great Britain and the northern shores of the Continent.
Aberdeen was settled in 1880, and was chartered as a city in 1883.
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 George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784 -- 1860)
In 1801 Aberdeen's grandfather died and the young man succeeded to the Earldom at the age of 17.
Aberdeen sympathised with the Greeks and wanted to help them; the Conference of London in February 1830 appeared to have settled the matter by granting autonomy to the Greeks; unfortunately, the Greeks wanted independence and were not satisfied with the settlement.
Aberdeen proved to be inept in handling the conduct of the war and in January 1855 John Arthur Roebuck, MP for Sheffield proposed a Committee of Inquiry to investigate the conduct of the war.
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, PC (January 28, 1784–December 14, 1860) was a Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
Before this, however, he had become Earl of Aberdeen on his grandfather's death in 1801, and had travelled all over Europe.
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 Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (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.
In 1682 he was made lord chancellor of Scotland, and was created, on the 13th of November, earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Formartine, and Lord Haddo, Methllck, Tarves and Kellie, in the Scottish peerage, being appointed also Sheriff Principal of Aberdeenshire and Midlothian.
He married Anne, daughter and (eventual) sole heiress of George Lockhart of Tarbrax, by whom he had six children, his only surviving son, William, succeeding him as 2nd earl of Aberdeen.
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 CHARLES JOHN, EARL CANNING - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES JOHN, EARL CANNING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He did not, however, sit long in the House of Commons; for, on the death of his mother in 1837, he succeeded to the peerage which had been conferred on her with remainder to her only surviving son, and as Viscount Canning took his seat in the House of Lords.
His first official appointment was that of under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, in the administration formed by Sir Robert Peel hi 1841his chief being the earl of Aberdeen.
He declined to accept offiCe under the earl of Derby; but on the formation of the coalition ministry under the earl of Aberdeen in January 1853, he received the appointment of postmaster-general.
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 Lord Aberdeen
JOHN CAMPBELL GORDON, P.C., K.T., G.C.V.O., G.C.M.G., first Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair (Viscount Formatime, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Peerage of Scotland, 1680; Earl of Aberdeen, 1682: Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1814; Baronet of Nova Scotia, 1642), was born August 3, 1847, at Edinburgh.
Lord Aberdeen succeeded to the title and the family estates In Scotland at the early age of twenty-three, upon the death of his brother George, in 1870.
Lord Aberdeen’s first official position was that of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, to which he was appointed in 1880, serving until 1885.
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 Earl of Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1813 the Earl of Aberdeen was sent as a special ambassador to Vienna by Lord Liverpool.
The Earl of Aberdeen became Prime Minister after the resignation of the Earl of Derby in 1852.
Aberdeen was blamed for the mismanagement of the war and he was forced to resign in February 1855.
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 AllRefer.com - Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of[ab´´udEn´] Pronunciation Key, 1784–1860, British statesman.
As prime minister (1852–55), Aberdeen headed a brilliant coalition ministry and was quite successful in home affairs.
He was, however, unable to prevent Viscount Palmerston and others in his cabinet from involving England on the side of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War.
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 ABERDOUR - LoveToKnow Article on ABERDOUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
S.W. is Doni-bristle House, the seat of the earl of Murray (Moray), and the scene of the murder (Feb. 7, 1592) of James, 2nd (Stuart) earl of Murray.
The Augustinian monastery was founded in 1123 by Alexander I. The buildings are well preserved, consisting of a low square tower, church, cloisters, refectory and small chapterhouse.
The island of Columba was occasionally plundered by English and other rovers, but in the i6th century it became the property of Sir James Stuart, whose grandson became 2nd earl of Murray by virtue of his marriage to the elder daughter of the ist earl.
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 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The crisis was past, but the change which took place by the substitution of François Guizot for Adolphe Thiers in France, and of Lord Aberdeen for Lord Palmerston in England, was a fortunate event for the peace of the world.
Aberdeen and Guizot inaugurated a different policy; by mutual confidence and friendly offices they entirely succeeded in restoring the most cordial understanding between the two governments, and the irritation which Lord Palmerston had inflamed gradually subsided.
Soon after, Aberdeen's government fell because of public anger at the conduct of the Crimean war and Palmerston was the public choice for Prime Minister, even though he had been as much a part of the conduct of the war as any of the other ministers of the government.
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 Thomas Chalmers
And such are the main provisions of the bill introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Now, if this view of the matter be correct, the Earl of Aberdeen, as we have said, is merely re-enacting an existing law; he is virtually doing nothing, and doing it at a considerable expense.
It is scarce necessary to pass over the various statements of the Earl of Aberdeen.
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 Earl of Aberdeen
In 1852, when Derby's government was defeated, Aberdeen became prime minister of a coalition government of Peelites, Whigs, radicals and Irish members.
Married to Aberdeen at 21, Catherine was a noted beauty who was 'charming, lively and spontaneous'.
Harriet was the widow of his first Wife's brother.  Aberdeen was still in mourning for Catherine and Harriet never captured his heart as she had done.
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 House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 22 September 1831 | British History Online
The Earl of Aberdeen to H. Addington, Esq.
Deputy Consul Hesketh to The Earl of Aberdeen
The Earl of Aberdeen to H. Wynn, Esq.
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (January 28, 1784 - December 14, 1860), Tory politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852-55.
Returning home he was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen (1814), and made a member of the privy council.
He died in London on December 14 1860, and was buried in the family vault at Stanmore.
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 Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen -
George Gordon was the grandson of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen.
For a few years he did the Grand Tour of the Continent, becoming especially fond of Greece: he was later president of the Society of Antiquaries from 1812 to 1846.
From 1813 to 1855 he was more or less continuously in politics, in Parliament, and first as a diplomat (for which he was made Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen), then chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1828, and foreign secretary from 1828 to 1830 and 1841 to 1846.
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 Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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As prime minister (1852-55), Aberdeen headed a brilliant coalition ministry and was quite successful in home affairs.
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 Aberdeen, 4th Earl of Biography / Biography of Aberdeen, 4th Earl of Biography Biography
The British statesman George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), was noted for his work in the area of foreign affairs.
On the death of his grandfather in 1801, he became the 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen's diplomatic career began in the Napoleonic era.
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Upbringing and education
He was one of the British representatives at the Congress of Chatillon in February 1814, and at the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Paris (1815)Treaty of Paris/ in the following May.
On his death his title passed to his son George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of AberdeenGeorge John James Hamilton-Gordon (1816-1864) whose eldest son George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon (1841-1870) became the 6th earl.
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Assenting to a recommendation that Colonel Freck become a KCB and asking Aberdeen to find a replacement for Lord Caledon who declined the Mission to Canada.
George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, (1784-1860) was Peel's secretary for war and the colonies in his short-lived first ministry (December 1834-April 1835).
The appointment of a governor of Canada was left to Melbourne's cabinet and went to Lord Gosford.
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 15th Earl of Derby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edward Stanley, eldest son of the 14th Earl of Derby, was born on the 21st July 1826.
In 1852 the Earl of Derby became Prime Minister.
In 1868 Earl of Derby resigned and Benjamin Disraeli became the new Prime Minister.
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 Civilization.ca - The 1897 Canadian Historical Dinner Service - Lady Aberdeen
During her years in Canada, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, founded the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) in 1893, the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada in 1897 and the May Courts of Canada, 1898.
Ishbel, Countess of Aberdeen, was a vigorous advocate of social reform.
Lord Aberdeen was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.
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 Mount Aberdeen
Although not visible from Lake Louise, Mount Aberdeen was nonetheless something of a trade route for the Swiss guides stationed there during the early 1900's.
History: Named in 1897 by J.J. McArthur in 1897 after Sir John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1847-1934) who was the 7th Earl of Aberdeen and the Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.
Gordon's Grandfather was the 4th Earl of Aberdeen and was the British Foreign Secretary who was involved in the Oregon Treaty.
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 Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
British Tory politician, prime minister from 1852 until 1855, when he resigned because of criticism provoked by the miseries and mismanagement of the Crimean War.
Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquess and 5th Earl of Montrose
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William Gordon was the son of Sir William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Anne Gordon.
Colonel Cosmo Gordon was the son of Sir William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Anne Gordon.
unknown daughter1 Hamilton-Gordon was the daughter of Sir George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton.
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While the choice of the Scottish Baronial was fitting given the origins of the two founders, a large influence was played by the fact that the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, after which the Royal Victoria Hospital was modeled, was executed in that style.
There is also the importance of Fyvie Castle, near Haddo House, seat of the Earl of Aberdeen (References to the castle as the source of stylistic inspiration for the Royal Victoria were made in the description of the buildings published in the Gazette on opening day).
It is no coincidence that the Earl of Aberdeen was the Governor General of Canada at the time of the Royal Victoria’s construction, and also the official visitor to the hospital.
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Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of, 1784–1860, British statesman.
Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) (The Hutchinson Encyclopedia)
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 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Details, Meaning George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Article and ...
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George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister.
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Families covered: Gordon of Aberdeen, Gordon of Braco, Gordon of Fyvie Castle, Gordon of Haddo, Gordon of Methlic
Sir George Gordon, 3rd Bart of Haddo, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (b 03.10.1637, d 20.04.1720, Lord of Session as Lord Haddo)
(1708) Mary Leslie (b 07.1692, bur 29.01.1710, dau of David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville)
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