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and a Baronet [S.], 3rd and yst.[1] and only surv. br. and h., b. 3 Aug. 1847, at Edinburgh. Ed. at Univ. Coll. Oxford, B.A. 1871, M.A. 1875. His right to the Peerage was confirmed by the House of Lords 6 May 1872. Lord Lieut, of co. Aberdeen, 1880; High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the church of Scotland, 1881–85. P.C. 6 Feb. 1886. Viceroy of Ireland, Feb. to Aug. 1886. Gov. Gen. of Canada 1893–98. G.C.M.G., 1895. LL.D. of the Univs. of Aberdeen, Toronto, Ottawa, &c. Pres. of the Highland and Agric. Soc. [S.] 1901–1902. He m., 7 Nov. 1877, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Isabel Maria, da. of Dudley Coutts (Marjoribanks), 1st Lord Tweedmouth, by Isabella, da. of the Rt. Hon. Sir James Weir-Hogg, 1st Bart. She was b. 14 Mar. 1857. | |
| [George Gordon, styled Lord Haddo, s. and h. ap., b. 20 Jan. 1879, in Grosvenor Sq., Midx. Ed. at Harrow. He m., 6 Aug. 1906, at the Scottish Presbyterian Ch. of St. Columba, Pont St., Chelsea, Mary Florence, widow of E.S. Cockayne, of Sheffield, draper[2], da. of Joseph Clixby, of Owmby Cliff, co. Lincoln.] | |
| Family Estates.—These in 1883 consisted of 62,422 acres in co. Aberdeen, worth £44,112 a year. Principal Residence.—Haddo House, co. Aberdeen. |
ABERDEEN (co. Aberdeen)
i.e. "Gordon of Aberdeen," Viscountcy cr. 1814. See "Aberdeen" Earldom of [S.], under the 4th Earl.
ABERDELGY
See "Oliphant of Aberdelgy," Barony [S.] (Oliphant), cr. 1458, dormant since 1748 or 1751.
- ↑ The 2nd s., James Henry, b. 11 Oct. 1845, was killed at Cambridge, by the accidental discharge of his gun, 12 Feb. 1868, when an undergrad. at Trin. Coll. there.
- ↑ "Miss Clixby m. one of the partners in a very flourishing Sheffield drapery business. Her first marriage took place in 1881" [i.e. when her 2nd husband was but 2 years old]. See M.A.P., 27 June 1906. V.G.
classical scholar, and had travelled far in the bypaths of literature. In Byron's verse he is "the travelled thane, Athenian Aberdeen."
"The cast of his features in later life was one of dignified sternness rather than beauty." He did much by planting to improve his estate at Haddo, and was something of a botanist. His s., Lord Stanmore, writes, "nothing could be more curious than the way in which colleagues and friends, whenever at a loss, came to him for information on the most varied topics, and rarely came in vain." (The Holland House Circle, by Lloyd Sanders, pp. 295–9.) "He belonged to that class of statesmen who are great without being brilliant, who succeed without ambition, who without eloquence become famous, who retain their power even when deprived of place. He denied that his vocation was politics, but his friends knew him better; they appreciated his clear head, his tolerant nature, his vast experience, and his perfect integrity." (J.T. Delane, Ed. of The Times.) V.G.
