Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

On 30 November 1682 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine and Earl of Aberdeen.

Lord Aberdeen was a distinguished diplomat and statesman and served as Foreign Secretary from 1828 to 1830 and from 1841 to 1846 and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855.

[4] When Lord Aberdeen died, the titles passed to his eldest son from his second marriage to Harriet Douglas, the fifth Earl.

John Hamilton-Gordon, was a Liberal politician and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886[6] and from 1905 to 1915[7] and as Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.

[7][8] He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Marquess, who was a member of the London County Council and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.

He never married and on his death in 1984 the titles passed to his fourth and youngest brother, the sixth Marquess.

[9][page needed] Upon his death in 2002, the seventh Marquess, who was a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, inherited the titles.

In 1815 he succeeded his uncle as second Baron of Halkin according to a special remainder and assumed the additional surname of Duff (see Duff-Gordon baronets for further history of this branch of the family).

William Gordon, younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and sat as member of parliament for Aberdeenshire.

Alexander Gordon (1786–1815), younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a soldier and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo.

Sir Robert Gordon, younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to Austria.

Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (1817–1890), eldest son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was a general in the Army and sat as member of parliament for Aberdeenshire East.

Douglas Hamilton-Gordon (1824–1901), third son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria and Canon of Salisbury.

[10] As Lord Haddo he married Isabelle Coaten, daughter of David Coaten, and they have four children There are further heirs to the subsidiary Earldom of Aberdeen, including the Duff-Gordon baronets, who are descended from Lord Rockville, a younger son of the second earl.

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
John Hamilton-Gordon,
1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Memorial in Ottawa to Ishbel, Marchioness of Aberdeen , wife of the first Marquess, who was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.