George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair KStJ OBE JP (born January 20, 1879 in Grosvenor Square , Mayfair , London , † January 6, 1965 ) was a British peer and politician

Life

Origin, studies and political engagement in London County Council

Gordon was the eldest son of John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen , from 1916 1st 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 Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks was a daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks , who represented the constituency of Berwickshire as a Member of the House of Commons from 1853 to 1881 and was also a member of the House of Lords as 1st Baron Tweedmouth since 1881 .

At birth, Gordon earned the courtesy title of Lord Haddo . After attending Harrow School , one of the most famous public schools , he studied at the University of St Andrews and Balliol College at the University of Oxford .

In 1910 he began his political career when he was elected a member of the London County Council (LCC), where he represented the constituency Peckham Division until 1925 . During this time he also served as a magistrate (justice of the peace) of Aberdeenshire and was established in 1920 as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire award (OBE). In 1925 he became alderman (Alderman) of the London County Council and held this office until 1931, when he last represented the constituency Fulham Division in London County Council between 1931 and 1934 .

House of Lords

With the death of his father John Hamilton-Gordon on March 7, 1934, he inherited his title of nobility as 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair together with the subordinate titles 8th Earl of Aberdeen, 2nd Earl of Haddo, 8th Viscount of Formartine, 5. Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, 8th Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie and 10th Baronet Gordon, of Haddo. Associated with this was membership in the House of Lords .

In addition, he acted as his father's successor from 1934 until he was replaced by Sir Ian Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet in 1959 as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and consequently as the representative of the British monarch in this administrative county . He was also from 1934 to 1937 Chairman of the Council of the Society of Charities (Charity Organizations Society) . The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, who became Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John (KStJ) in 1949 , served as Prior of the Order of Saint John of Scotland between 1951 and 1957 . In 1954 the University of Aberdeen awarded him an honorary doctorate in law.

He was married twice. In his first marriage he married Mary Florence Clixby on August 6, 1906, and Anna Orrok Stronach Sheila Foster Forbes on December 21, 1940. Since both marriages remained childless, however, after his death on January 6, 1965, his younger brother Dudley Gordon , who was then 82 years old, inherited his title of nobility as 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and membership in the House of Lords.

Web links

• Mr George Gordon at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
John Hamilton-Gordon	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1934-1965	Dudley Gordon