Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1817)

General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, KCB (11 December 1817 – 18 May 1890) was a British Army officer and politician.

[1] Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, was his younger brother.

[1] He served in the British Army and saw action at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War.

[3] Apart from his military career, Hamilton-Gordon was also an Honorary Equerry to Queen Victoria and sat as Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire East from 1875 to 1885.

[5] Hamilton-Gordon married Caroline Emilia Mary, daughter of Margaret and Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet and grand daughter of astronomer William Herschel, in 1852.