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John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon

The Most Honourable
the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
KT GCMG GCVO PC
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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
8 February 1886 – 20 July 1886
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by The Earl of Carnarvon
Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry
In office
11 December 1905 – 17 February 1915
Monarch Edward VII
George V
Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by The Earl of Dudley
Succeeded by The Lord Wimborne
7th Governor General of Canada
In office
18 September 1893 – 12 November 1898
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Canadian:
John Thompson
Mackenzie Bowell
Charles Tupper
Wilfrid Laurier
British:
William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Rosebery
Lord Salisbury
Preceded by The Lord Stanley of Preston
Succeeded by The Earl of Minto
Personal details
Born John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon
(1847-08-03)3 August 1847
Edinburgh, Midlothian,
U.K.
Died 7 March 1934(1934-03-07) (aged 86)
Tarland, Aberdeenshire
United Kingdom
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Hon. Ishbel Marjoribanks
Children George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marjorie Sinclair, Baroness Pentland
Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Lord Archibald Gordon
Parents George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen
Mary Baillie
Alma mater University of St. Andrews University College, Oxford

John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair KT GCMG GCVO PC (3 August 1847 – 7 March 1934), known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician. Born in Edinburgh, Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1886; 1905–1915) and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General of Canada.

Aberdeen was born in Edinburgh to George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and his wife, Mary Baillie, daughter of George Baillie and sister to George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington. He studied at the University of St Andrews and University College, Oxford. He succeeded as 7th Earl of Aberdeen following the death of his eldest brother, George, 6th Earl of Aberdeen.

In 1877 he married Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks, daughter to Dudley Marjoribanks, later 1st Baron Tweedmouth, and Isabella Weir-Hogg. It seems that their marriage was a love match as they were long time friends and Ishbel developed a crush on Hamilton-Gordon at just 14. Lady Aberdeen was an LL.D. of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. She served as President of the International Council of Women from 1893–99, and later founded the National Council of Women of Canada and the Victorian Order of Nurses.


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