Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , in the County of Aberdeen , in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the city of Aberdeen in Scotland and after Tara ( Old Irish : Temair ) in Ireland .
The Marquesses are members of the Gordon Clan . The family home of the Marquesses is Haddo House near Ellon in Aberdeenshire . The property has been owned by the Gordons since 1469 and the mansion, built in 1732, was given to the National Trust for Scotland in 1974.
Award
The title was created on January 4, 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen , who was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886 and 1905 to 1915 . Together with the marquess he was, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the subordinate title Earl of Haddo in the County of Aberdeen, bestowed.
In 1870 he had inherited the following subordinate titles from his father:
- Baronet , of Haddo, in the County of Aberdeen, created August 13, 1642 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather John Gordon ;
- Earl of Aberdeen , Viscount of Formartine and Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie , created on November 30, 1682 in the Peerage of Scotland for his great-great-great-great-grandfather Sir George Gordon, 3rd Baronet , the Lord Chancellor of Scotland was ;
- Viscount Gordon , of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen, created on June 1, 1814 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for his grandfather George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , who, among many other government offices, also held that of Prime Minister .
The eldest son of the respective title holder carries the title of courtesy Earl of Haddo as title heir ( heir apparent ) , the eldest son that of a Viscount Formartine .
List of the Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair and Earls of Aberdeen
Gordon Baronets, of Haddo (1642)
- Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet (1610-1644)
- Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet (about 1632-1665)
- Sir George Gordon, 3rd Baronet (made Earl of Aberdeen in 1682 )
Earls of Aberdeen (1682)
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637-1720)
- William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679–1746)
- George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870)
- John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (1847–1934) (promoted to Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1916 )
Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)
- John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847–1934)
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965)
- Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883–1972)
- David Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1908–1974)
- Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1913–1984)
- Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1920–2002)
- Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1955–2020)
- George Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (* 1983)
The heir to the title is the son of the current marquess, Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, Earl of Haddo (* 2012).
Individual evidence
- ^ Haddo House at the National Trust for Scotland
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 12891, p. 41 , January 7, 1916.
- ^ The London Gazette: No. 16909, p. 1255 , June 18, 1814.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6 .
- Aberdeen and Temair, Marquess of (UK, 1916) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Aberdeen, Earl of (S, 1682) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page