David Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair KStJ CBE JP ( January 21, 1908 - September 13, 1974 ) was a British politician and nobleman , from 1972 to 1974 a member of the House of Lords and from 1973 to 1974 as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire , and personal representative of the British monarch in this administrative county of Scotland .

Life

Origin, professional and political activities

Gordon is the eldest son of Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , nephew of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and grandson of John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , who among others from 1893 until 1898 Governor General of Canada and for a few months in 1886 and later from 1905 to 1915 Viceroy of Ireland .

After visiting the Harrow School , one of the most famous public schools , he studied at Balliol College of Oxford University , which he in 1930 with a Bachelor of Arts graduated (BA). During the Second World War he did his military service as Major of the 5th / 7th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders and was mentioned for his military service in the war report ( Mentioned in Despatches ) .

After the war he became Deputy Lieutenant (DL) in 1949 and then a member of the County Council of Aberdeenshire in 1950 . In 1955 he became an officer of the Royal Company of Archers , the ceremonial bodyguard of the British monarch in Scotland , and a magistrate (justice of the peace) of Aberdeenshire. He later served as Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire from 1959 to 1974 and was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1963 for his services . In 1964 he became Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John (KStJ).

Gordon became director of the Clydesdale Bank of Northern Scotland in 1968 and at the same time earned a Master of Arts (MA) in 1968 after further studies at Balliol College, University of Oxford .

House of Lords, Marriage and Offspring

After his father Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, died childless on April 16, 1972 at the age of 88, he inherited his title of 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and the associated membership at the age of 64 in the House of Lords. At the same time he also became heir to the subordinate titles of 4th Earl of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen, 7th Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, in the County of Aberdeen, 10th Viscount of Formartine, 12th Baronet Gordon, of Haddo, in the County Aberdeen, 10th Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie and 10th Earl of Aberdeen. In addition, he succeeded Ian Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire in 1973 and was thus representative of the British monarch in this administrative county until his death. He was succeeded in this office in 1975 by Maitland Mackie .

Gordon married Beatrice Mary June Boissier on April 29, 1939, whose father Paul Boissier was the headmaster of the Harrow School from 1939 to 1942 . The couple adopted two girls and two boys who, as adopted children, were excluded from the inheritance of the nobility titles.

For this reason, after his death on September 13, 1974, his younger brother Archibald Gordon inherited the title of 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair as well as the associated title and membership in the House of Lords.

Web links

• David Gordon at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair on thepeerage.com , accessed August 21, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Dudley Gordon	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1972–1974	Archibald Gordon
Ian Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet	Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire 1973–1974	Maitland Mackie