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Aberdeen and Temair, Marquess of (UK, 1916)

Creation: let. pat. 4 Jan 1916

Family name: Hamilton-Gordon later Gordon

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Arms:

Azure three Boar's Heads couped Or armed proper and langued Gules within a double Tressure flowered and counter-flowered interchangeably with Thistles Roses and Fleurs-de-lys of the second

Crest:

Two Arms holding a Bow and Arrow straight upwards in a shooting posture and at full draught all proper

Supporters:

On the dexter an Earl, and on the sinister a Doctor of Laws, both habited in their Robes proper

Motto:

Fortuna Sequatur (Let fortune follow)

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John Campbell [Hamilton-Gordon], 7th Earl of Aberdeen later 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT GCMG GCVO PC

3rd son of George [Hamilton-Gordon], 5th Earl of Aberdeen, by his wife Mary Baillie, 2nd dau. of George Baillie MP, of Mellerstain and Jerviswood

born

3 Aug 1847

mar.

7 Nov 1877 Hon Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks GBE (d. 18 Apr 1939), 3rd dau. of Dudley Coutts [Marjoribanks], 1st Baron Tweedmouth, by his wife Isabella Weir-Hogg, 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir James Weir-Hogg, 1st Bt.

children:

1. Lord George Hamilton-Gordon later Gordon, later 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

2. Lord Dudley Gladstone Hamilton-Gordon later Gordon, later 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

3. Lord Archibald Ian Hamilton-Gordon (b. 3 Oct 1884;  d. 16 Dec 1909)

1. Lady Marjorie Adeline Hamilton-Gordon DBE DGStJ (b. 7 Dec 1880;  d. 26 Jul 1970), mar. 12 Jul 1904 John [Sinclair], 1st Baron Pentland, and had issue

2. Lady Dorothea Mary Hamilton-Gordon (b. 12 Mar 1882;  d. 25 Nov 1882)

died

7 Mar 1934

created

4 Jan 1916 Earl of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen, and Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen and in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll

suc. by

son

note

suc. his brother 27 Jan 1870 as 7th Earl of Aberdeen; Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1881-85 and 1915l Privy Councillor 1886; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1886 and 1905-15; GCMG 1895; Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada 1898; Knight of the Thistle 1906; GCVO 1911; Lord Rector of St Andrew's University 1913-16

George [Hamilton-Gordon later Gordon], 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, OBE

born

20 Jan 1879

mar. (1)

6 Aug 1906 Mary Florence Cockayne (widow of Edward Shepherd Cockayne, of Sheffield, co. York;  dsp. 5 Jan 1937), dau. of Joseph Clixby, of Owmby Cliff, co. Lincoln

mar. (2)

21 Dec 1940 Sheila Innes (widow of Capt James William Guy Innes CBE RN, of Maryculter House, co. Kincardine;  d. 12 Mar 1949), dau. of Lt Col John Foster Forbes, 1st of Rothiemay, Banffshire, by his wife Mary Livesey Wardle, only dau. of Thomas Wardle, of The Beach, co. Cheshire

died

s.p. 6 Jun 1965

suc. by

brother

note

County Councillor on LCC for Peckham 1910-25, Alderman on LCC 1925-31 and Councillor on LCC for West Fulham 1931-34; OBE 1920; KStJ 1949; Prior of Scotland OStJ 1951-57

Dudley Gladstone [Hamilton-Gordon later Gordon], 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

born

6 May 1883

mar. (1)

25 Apr 1907 Cecile Elizabeth Drummond (d. 17 Sep 1948), 1st dau. of George James Drummond, of Swaylands House, Penshurst, co. Kent, by his wife, Elizabeth Cecile Sophia Norman, dau. of Rev Canon F J Norman, Rector of Bottesford, co. Leicester, by his wife and cousin Lady Adeliza Elizabeth Gertrude Manners, 4th dau. of John Henry [Manners], 5th Duke of Rutland

children by first wife:

1. Lord David Ian Alexander Gordon, later 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

2. Lord Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, later 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

3. Capt Lord Michael James Andrew Gordon (b. 22 May 1918;  d. 8 Oct 1943)

4. Lord Alastair Ninian John Gordon, later 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1. Lady Jessamine Cecilia Marjorie Gordon (b. 14 Aug 1910;  d. 14 Dec 1994), mar. 2 Nov 1937 Capt Stanley George Michael St John Harmsworth (d. 8 Aug 1981), and had issue

mar. (2)

17 Jun 1949 Margaret Gladys Munn (d. 22 Nov 1990), only dau. of Lt Col Reginald George Munn CMG, of Turley Cottage, East Grinstead, co. West Sussex

died

16 Apr 1972

suc. by

son by first wife

David George Ian Alexander [Gordon], 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, CBE DL

born

21 Jan 1908

 mar.

29 Apr 1939 (Beatrice Mary) June Boissier CBE DL DGStJ, teacher Bromley High School for Girls 1936-39, musical director and conductor Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society 1945-2005 (b. 29 Dec 1913; d. 22 Jun 2009), only dau. of Arthur Paul Boissier, of Moretons, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Headmaster of Harrow School 1939-42

adopted children

1. Lord Andrew David Gordon, of Laverockbrae, Old Meldrum, co. Aberdeen (b. 6 Mar 1950), mar. 1982 Lucy Mary Frances Milligan, 1st dau. of Canon William John Milligan CBE, of Beaminster, co. Dorset, and has issue

2. Lord James Drummond Gordon, of 22 Normandy Drive, Preston, co. Sussex (b. 11 Apr 1953), mar. 1985 Marilyn Sim, 2nd dau. of A F Sim, of Sompting, co. West Sussex, and has issue

1. Lady Mary Katharine Gordon (b. 30 May 1946), mar. 3 Aug 1968 Simon Piers Welfare, of Easter Davoch, Tarland, Aboyne, co. Aberdeen, 2nd son of Kenneth William Welfare, of The Old Doctor's House, Stradbroke, co. Suffolk, and has issue

2. Lady Sarah Caroline Gordon (b. 25 Mar 1848), mar. (1) 31 May 1969 (div. 1992) Patrick John Raleigh Scott, 1st son of Robert S G Scott, of The Hermitage, Peasmarsh, co. East Sussex, and (2) 1993 Eric Norman Money, artist, of Scot's Float, Star Lock, Playden, co. East Sussex, only son of G E Money, of North Mimms, co. Hertford, and has issue by her first husband and has adopted a son with her second husband

died

s.p. 13 Sep 1974

suc. by

brother

note

County Councillor for Aberdeenshire 1950; CBE 1963; KStJ 1964; Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire 1973; Member of the Royal Company of Archers 1955

Archibald Victor Dudley [Gordon], 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

born

9 Jul 1913

died

7 Sep 1984

suc. by

brother

Alastair Ninian John [Gordon], 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

born

20 Jul 1920

mar.

24 Feb 1950 Anne Barry (b. 1924; d. 26 Apr 2007), 1st dau. of Lt Col Gerald Barry MC, of The Warren, Great Witchingham, co. Norfolk, by his wife Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th dau. of Jacob [Pleydell-Bouverie], 6th Earl of Radnor

children:

1. Lord Alexander George Gordon, later 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

1. Lady Emma Cecile Gordon (b. 26 May 1953), mar. 6 Sep 1980 Dr Rodney Foale, 1st son of Maurice Spencer Foale, of Melbourne, Australia, and has issue

2. Lady Sophia Katherine Gordon (b. 20 Jul 1960)

died

19 Aug 2002

suc. by

son

Alexander George [Gordon], 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

born

31 Mar 1955

mar.

30 May 1981 Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth, 1st dau. of Maj Ian George Henry Houldsworth, of Dallas Lodge, Foray, co. Moray

children

1. Lord George Ian Alastair Gordon, later 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

2. Lord Sam Dudley Gordon (b. 25 Oct 1985), mar. Isobel R Tatham, dau. of Simon Tatham, of Bath, co. Somerset, and has issue

3. Lord Charles David Gordon (b. 8 Jun 1990)

1. Lady Anna Katharine Gordon (b. 2 Sep 1988)

died

12 Mar 2020

suc. by

son

George Ian Alastair [Gordon], 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

born

4 May 1983

mar.

2009 Isabelle Anna N Coaten (b. 1984), yst. dau. of David G Coaten, of London W8, by his wife Sacha Rekelj

children

1. Lord Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, styled Earl of Haddo (b. 18 Jul 2012)

2. Lord John Gordon (b. 2014)

3. Lord Louis George Solomon Gordon (b. 5 Sep 2018)

1. Lady Christabel Gordon (b. 2016)

 Last edited 6 Apr 2021

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Titles:

8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 4 Jan 1916)

14th Earl of Aberdeen

(Scotland, let. pat. 30 Nov 1682)

8th Earl of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 4 Jan 1916)

14th Viscount of Formantine

(Scotland, let. pat. 30 Nov 1682)

11th Viscount Gordon

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 1 Jun 1814)

14th Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves, and Kellie

(Scotland, let. pat. 30 Nov 1682)

16th Baronet, styled "of Haddo"

(Nova Scotia, let. pat. 13 Aug 1642)

Address:

House of Formantine, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire AB41 7EQ

Tel: 01651 806897

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