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 William Pitt the Younger's Regency Bill.

Aberdeen was the son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, by his second wife Lady Susan, daughter of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl.

Lord Aberdeen married Catherine Elizabeth Hanson (ca 1730-March 1817 Rudding Park House), daughter of Oswald Hanson, in 1759; they had six children. According to recent sources, she was the cook at the Stafford Arms in Wakefield, and a handsome woman of 29. She apparently blackmailed him into marriage with a loaded pistol after he had seduced her:

Lord Aberdeen, known as the "Wicked Earl" for his exploitation of his tenantry through 19-year-leases as well as his private life, also had children by at least three mistresses:

Lord Aberdeen died in August 1801, aged 79. The Countess of Aberdeen died at Rudding Park in March 1817.

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