Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (born May 6, 1883 at Grosvenor Square , Mayfair , London , † April 16, 1972 ) was a British engineer , economic manager , politician and nobleman who was a member of the House between 1965 and 1972 of Lords was.

Life

Origin and occupation

Gordon was the second eldest son and fourth child of John Hamilton-Gordon , the then Earl of Aberdeen and later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , who among other things was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898 and for a few months in 1886 and later from 1905 to 1915 was Viceroy of Ireland . His mother, Isabel Maria Marjoribanks, was the daughter of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks , who from 1853 to 1881 represented the constituency of Berwickshire as a Member of the House of Commons and was also a member of the House of Lords as 1st Baron Tweedmouth of Edington from 1881 .

After attending Harrow School , one of the most famous public schools , he completed a degree in engineering . In 1907 he joined the engineering company J. and W. Hall Ltd. in Dartmouth and became its director in 1910. During the First World War he did his military service as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Service Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders and was mentioned for his military service in the war report ( Mentioned in Despatches ) . Most recently he was in command of the 8 / 10th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders.

After the war he took up his position as director of J. and W. Hall Ltd. and was also President of the British Association for Refrigeration between 1926 and 1929 and later also President of the British Engineers Association from 1936 to 1939 . Gordon, who was awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the University of Aberdeen , also served as President of the Federation of British Industries between 1940 and 1943 .

As the successor to Oliver Bulleid , he served as President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) from 1947 until he was replaced by E. William Gregson in 1948 .

House of Lords, Marriages and Offspring

After his older brother George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , died childless on January 6, 1965 at the age of 85, he inherited his title of 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and the associated membership at the age of 82 in the House of Lords. At the same time he also became heir to the subordinate titles as 3rd Earl of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen, 6th Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, in the County of Aberdeen, 9th Viscount of Formartine, 11th Baronet Gordon, of Haddo, in the County Aberdeen, 9th Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, and 9th Earl of Aberdeen.

Dudley Gurdon was married twice. His first marriage to Cécile Elizabeth Drummond on April 25, 1907 resulted in four sons and a daughter. Three of the sons each inherited the title of Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, namely David Gordon as 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1972, Archibald Gordon in 1974 as 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Alastair Gordon in 1984 as 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. The third son, Michael James Andrew Gordon , died as captain of the Scots Guards on October 8, 1943 during World War II . The only daughter, Jessamine Cécile Marjorie Gordon, was involved in numerous charities and was married to Stanley George Michael St. John Harmsworth, who became Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Caithness in 1965 .

His second marriage to Margaret Gladys Nunn on June 17, 1949, remained childless.

Web links

• Dudley Gordon at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
George Gordon	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1965–1972	David Gordon