Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the

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. It was created on 4 January 1916 for

John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, (3 August 1847 – 7 March 1934), styled Earl of Aberdeen from 1870–1916, was a Scottish peer and colonial administrator. Born in Edinburgh, Aberdeen held office in sever ...

Family history

Baronetcy of Haddo

The Gordon family descends from John Gordon, who fought as a Royalist against the

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s in the

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. In 1642 he was created a baronet, of Haddo in the County of Aberdeen, in the

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. In 1644 he was found guilty of treason and beheaded, with the baronetcy forfeited. The title was restored after the Restoration for his son John, the second Baronet.

Earldom of Aberdeen

The second Baronet died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. He was a noted advocate and served as

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and as

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. On 30 November 1682 he was raised to the

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as Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine and Earl of Aberdeen. He was succeeded by his only surviving son, the second Earl. He sat in the

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as a

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from 1721 to 1727. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son from his second marriage, the third Earl. He was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1747 to 1761 and from 1774 to 1790.

Lord Aberdeen, Prime Minister

The third earl was succeeded by his grandson, the fourth Earl, who was the eldest son of

George Gordon, Lord Haddo George Gordon, Lord Haddo (28 January 1764 – 2 October 1791) was a Scottish Freemason and the eldest son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. On 18 June 1782, Haddo married Charlotte Baird (d. 8 October 1795) a sister of Sir David Baird, ...

. On 1 June 1814 he was created Viscount Gordon, of

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in the

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, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. Lord Aberdeen was a distinguished diplomat and statesman and served as Foreign Secretary from 1828 to 1830 and from 1841 to 1846 and as

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from 1852 to 1855. Aberdeen married firstly Lady Catherine Elizabeth (1784–1812), daughter of

John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (2 July 1756 – 27 January 1818) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Background and education John James was born in July 1756 in London, the posthumous son of John Hamilton (Royal Navy offic ...

, and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hamilton in 1818. When Lord Aberdeen died, the titles passed to his eldest son from his second marriage to Harriet Douglas, the fifth Earl. He sat as

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member of parliament (MP) for

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. His eldest son, the sixth Earl, was a sailor and adventurer. He was accidentally drowned off the coast of America in 1870, without marrying or having children.

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

The sixth earl of Aberdeen was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Earl. John Hamilton-Gordon, was a Liberal politician and served as

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in 1886 and from 1905 to 1915 and as

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from 1893 to 1898. On 4 January 1916 he was created Earl of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen, and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the

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and in the

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. Both titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Marquess, who was a member of the

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and served as

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. He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Marquess. He was notably President of the Federation of British Industries. When he died the titles passed to his eldest son, the fourth Marquess. He was a member of the Aberdeenshire County Council and Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. He had four adopted children but no biological issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Marquess. He was a broadcaster working for the

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. He never married and on his death in 1984 the titles passed to his fourth and youngest brother, the sixth Marquess. He was Chairman of

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. Upon his death in 2002, the seventh Marquess, who was a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, inherited the titles. , the Marquessate is held by George Gordon, who is the eighth Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, having succeeded in that year.

Other family members

Numerous other members of the Gordon family have also gained distinction. The Hon. William Gordon (died 1816), eldest son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a general in the Army. The Hon. Cosmo Gordon, second son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a colonel in the Army. The Hon. Alexander Gordon (1739–1792), third son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a

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from 1788 to 1792 under the judicial title of Lord Rockville. His son William Duff-Gordon was member of parliament for

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. In 1815 he succeeded his uncle as second Baron of Halkin according to a special remainder and assumed the additional surname of Duff (see

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for further history of this branch of the family). The Hon. William Gordon, younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a

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in the

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and sat as member of parliament for Aberdeenshire. The Hon. Alexander Gordon (1786–1815), younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a soldier and was killed at the

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. The Hon.

Sir Robert Gordon Sir Robert Gordon (1791 – 8 October 1847) was a British diplomat. Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo (himself the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen) and a brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen. He was educated at St ...

, younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to Austria. The Hon. John Gordon (1792–1869), younger brother of the fourth Earl, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. The Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (1817–1890), eldest son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was a general in the Army and sat as member of parliament for

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. His eldest son, Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon was also a general in the Army. Reverend the Hon. Douglas Hamilton-Gordon (1824–1901), third son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was Chaplain-in-Ordinary to

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and Canon of

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. The Hon. Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, fourth son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was a Liberal politician and was created

Baron Stanmore Baron Stanmore, of Great Stanmore in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1893 for the colonial administrator the Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon. He was the youngest son of the former Pri ...

in 1893 (see this title for more information on him and this branch of the family).

Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, (''née'' Isabel Maria Marjoribanks; 15 March 1857 – 18 April 1939) was a British writer, philanthropist, and an advocate of women's interests. As the wife of John Hamilton-Gor ...

, daughter of

Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric (29 December 1820 – 4 March 1894), was a Scottish businessman and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1853 until 1880 ...

, and wife of the first Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, was an author, philanthropist and an advocate of woman's interests. The family seat is

Haddo House Haddo House is a Scottish stately home located near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Tarves in Aberdeenshire, approximately north of Aberdeen (). The former seat of the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Earls and Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair, Haddo Ho ...

. The title Earl of Haddo is the

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for the Marquess's eldest son and heir, the eldest son of whom uses the

Viscount of Formartine. The Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair are related to the Marquesses of Huntly. Sir John Gordon (died c. 1395) of Strathbogie, ancestor of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, was the brother of Elizabeth Gordon. She married Sir Alexander Seton (died 1438) and was the mother of

Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Huntly (died 15 July 1470), who adopted the family name of Gordon from about 1457, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish magnate. He was knighted in 1439/1440 and was Lord of Badenoch, Gordon, Strathbogie and Cluny. ...

(ancestor of the Marquesses of Huntly).

Gordon baronets, of Haddo (1642)

* Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet (1610–1644) *

Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of ...

(c. 1632–1665) * Sir George Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1637–1720) (created Earl of Aberdeen in 1682)

Earls of Aberdeen (1682)

:''Other titles (1st Earl onwards): Viscount of Formartine ( Sc 1682), Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie (Sc 1682)'' :''Other titles (4th Earl onwards): Viscount Gordon ( UK 1814)'' *

George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (3 October 163720 April 1720), was a List of Lord Chancellors of Scotland, Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Early life Gordon, born on 3 October 1637, the second son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo, Abe ...

(1637–1720) **George Gordon, Lord Haddo (1674-d. between 1694 and 1708) *

William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679 – 30 March 1745), known between c. 1691 and 1720 as Lord Haddo, was a Scottish landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons briefly from 1708 ...

(1679–1745) *

George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (19 June 1722 – 13 August 1801), styled Lord Haddo until 1745, was a Scottish peer. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer from 1747 to 1761, and from 1774 to 1790. He was against Will ...

, (1722–1801) **

(1764–1791) *

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in f ...

(1784–1860) (created Viscount Gordon in 1814) * George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864) * George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870) * John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (1847–1934) (created Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1916)

Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)

:''Other titles (1st Marquess onwards): Earl of Haddo (UK 1916), Viscount Gordon (UK 1814), Viscount of Formartine (Sc 1682), Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie (Sc 1682)'' * John Campbell Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, (1847–1934) *

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (20 January 1879 – 6 January 1965), styled Lord Haddo until 1916 and Earl of Haddo from 1916–34, was a Scottish peer and politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire from 1934–59. ...

(1879–1965) * Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883–1972) * David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1908–1974) * Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1913–1984) * Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1920–2002) * Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1955–2020) * George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (b. 1983)

Present peer

George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (born 4 May 1983) is the son of the 7th Marquess and his wife Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth. Styled formally as Viscount Formartine from 1984, he was educated at

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.''

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'', 1999, volume 1, page 9 He was styled as Earl of Haddo between 2002 and 12 March 2020, when he succeeded his father as Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Earl of Haddo, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartine, Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, and also as a

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(Gordon, of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, 1642). As Lord Haddo he married Isabelle Coaten, daughter of David Coaten, and they have four children *Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, Earl of Haddo (born 2012),

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*Lord Johnny David Nehemiah Gordon (born 2014) *Lady Christabel Alexandra Lully Gordon (born 2016) *Lord Louis George Solomon Gordon (born 2018)

Succession and family tree

* '' Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair'' (1955–2020) ** George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (born 1983) *** (1) Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, ''Earl of Haddo'' (born 2012) ***(2) ''Lord'' Johnny David Nehemiah Gordon (born 2014) ***(3) ''Lord'' Louis George Solomon Gordon (born 2018) ** (4) ''Lord'' Sam Dudley Gordon (born 1985) *** (5) Bertie Raiph Dudley Gordon (born 2016) ** (6) ''Lord'' Charles David Gordon (born 1990) There are further heirs to the subsidiary Earldom of Aberdeen, including the

, who are descended from Lord Rockville, a younger son of the second earl.

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