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John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, KT, KP, GCMG, GCVO, PC (3 August 1847 – 7 March 1934) was a British politician. Born in Edinburgh , Aberdeen held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1886; 1905–1915) and serving from 1893 to 1898 as Governor General of Canada .
14 de jan. de 2008 · John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, governor general of Canada from 1893 to 1898 (born 3 August 1847 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom; died 7 March 1934 in Tarland, United Kingdom).
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1.º Marquês de Aberdeen e Temair KT GCMG GCVO PC (3 de agosto de 1847 – 7 de março de 1934), conhecido como O Conde de Aberdeen de 1870 a 1916, foi um político britânico que serviu duas vezes como Lorde Tenente da Irlanda em 1886 e depois de 1905 a 1915, e também como Governador-geral do Canadá ...
John Campbell Gordon was the grandson of Conservative prime minister George Hamilton-Gordon. Having succeeded to the earldom on his eldest brother's death in 1870, he took up his seat in the House of Lords, where he was a close friend and supporter of the Whig prime minister, William Gladstone.
Born into a politically prominent family, John Hamilton-Gordon inherited significant expectations for a role in public life. His paternal grandfather, a Conservative, had been prime minister of Great Britain during the disastrous Crimean War.
- Veronica Strong-Boag
- University of Toronto/Université Laval
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16
Family history. Baronetcy of Haddo. The Gordon family descends from John Gordon, who fought as a Royalist against the Covenanters in the Civil War. In 1642 he was created a baronet, of Haddo in the County of Aberdeen, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. In 1644 he was found guilty of treason and beheaded, with the baronetcy forfeited.
He was awarded the freedom of the cities of Edinburgh, Hamilton (Ontario), Aberdeen, Cork, and Waterford, and he received honorary degrees from several universities, among them Aberdeen (1883), Ontario (1907), and Oxford (1907).
