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Ernest Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON

Ernest Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON

Male 1866 - 1920  (54 years)

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  1. 1.  Ernest Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 27 Jun 1866 (son of Alexander HAMILTON-GORDON and Caroline Emilia Mary HERSCHEL); died on 9 Dec 1920.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Temporary Captain Royal Engineers - Quartermaster - Honorary Major 14th Battalion London Regiment - Fought in World War I
    • Honor: Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) - Services rendered in South Africa (1900)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1900; Fought in South Africa (despatches)


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 11 Dec 1817 (son of George HAMILTON-GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Harriet DOUGLAS); died on 19 May 1890.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - General - Served in the Crimea. - Honorary Equerry to Her Majesty Queen Victoria - Colonel 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment - Equerry to His Royal Highness The Prince Consort
    • Honor: - Knight, Legion of Honour (France) - Order of the Medjidie
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1854 to 1859; Assistant Quartermaster-General at the Horse Guards
    • Honor: 24 May 1873; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) - Military Division
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1875 to 1885; Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire

    Alexander married Caroline Emilia Mary HERSCHEL on 9 Dec 1852. Caroline (daughter of Sir John HERSCHEL, 1st Baronet) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 29 Jan 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Caroline Emilia Mary HERSCHEL was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of Sir John HERSCHEL, 1st Baronet); died on 29 Jan 1909.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Caroline Emilia Mary Hamilton-Gordon
    • Honor: Lady, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
    • Occupation / Profession: 8 Dec 1855; Women of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria.

    Children:
    1. Louisa HAMILTON-GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 11 Oct 1929.
    2. Kathleen Isabella HAMILTON-GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 6 Jan 1930.
    3. Victoria Alberta Alexandrina HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 25 Jul 1855; died on 16 Oct 1936.
    4. Caroline Augusta HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 9 Sep 1856; died on 30 Nov 1937.
    5. Alexander HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 6 Jul 1859; died on 13 Feb 1939.
    6. Francis Henry HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 19 Mar 1861; died on 11 Mar 1885.
    7. William Reginald HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 28 Nov 1864; died on 12 Jan 1890.
    8. 1. Ernest Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 27 Jun 1866; died on 9 Dec 1920.
    9. George Herschel HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 16 May 1872; died on 15 May 1939.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George HAMILTON-GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen was born on 28 Jan 1784 in Edinburgh, Scotland (son of George GORDON, Lord Haddo and Charlotte BAIRD); died on 14 Dec 1860.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Born as: George Hamilton Gordon
    • Education: - Harrow - St. John's College Cambridge
    • Academic degree: Master of Arts (MA) from St. John's College Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: - Minister Plenipotentiary to Vienna, Austria - Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of Aberdeen - Ranger of Greenwich Park - Chancellor of King's College Aberdeen - Trustee of the British Museum
    • Membership: - Fellow, Royal Society (FRS) - Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (FSA) - Fellow, Heraldry Society (FHS)
    • Title: From 30 Aug 1801 to 14 Dec 1860; 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 6th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1806 to 1814; Representative Peer (Scotland)
    • Honor: 1808; Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1813; Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Austria
    • Occupation / Profession: 1814; Privy Counsellor (PC)
    • Event: 1814; Signed the Treaty of Paris on behalf of his Britannic Majesty.
    • Title: From 1 Jun 1814 to 14 Dec 1860; 1st Viscount Gordon (of Aberdeen) [UK. 1814]
    • Honor: 1815; Grand Cross St. Stephen of Austria or Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen
    • Also known as: 13 Nov 1818; Change surname from Gordon to Hamilton-Gordon by royal licence. - As a mark of affection for his first wife's family he obtained a royal warrant authorising him to assume the additional surname and arms of Hamilton.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1828 to 1830; Foreign Secretary
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1834 to 1835; Secretary of State for the Colonies
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1841 to 1846; Foreign Secretary
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1852 to 1855; Prime Minister
    • Honor: 7 Feb 1855; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter

    George married Harriet DOUGLAS on 8 Jul 1815. Harriet was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Aug 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Harriet DOUGLAS was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Aug 1833.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Harriet Hamilton, Harriet Hamilton-Gordon
    • Title: From 8 Jul 1815 to 26 Aug 1833; Countess of Aberdeen
    • Title: From 8 Jul 1815 to 26 Aug 1833; Viscountess Gordon

    Children:
    1. George John James HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th Earl of Aberdeen was born on 28 Sep 1816; died on 22 Mar 1864.
    2. 2. Alexander HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 11 Dec 1817; died on 19 May 1890.
    3. Frances HAMILTON-GORDON was born in 1819; died on 20 Apr 1834.
    4. Douglas HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 13 Mar 1824; died on 6 Dec 1901.
    5. Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON, 1st Baron Stanmore was born on 26 Nov 1829; died on 30 Jan 1912.

  3. 6.  Sir John HERSCHEL, 1st Baronet
    Children:
    1. 3. Caroline Emilia Mary HERSCHEL was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 29 Jan 1909.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George GORDON, Lord Haddo was born on 28 Jan 1764 (son of George GORDON, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen and Catherine Elizabeth HANSON); died on 2 Oct 1791 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died in the lifetime of the father.

    George married Charlotte BAIRD on 18 Jun 1782. Charlotte (daughter of William BAIRD, of Newbyth) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 8 Oct 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Charlotte BAIRD was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of William BAIRD, of Newbyth); died on 8 Oct 1795.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Charlotte Gordon

    Children:
    1. Alexander GORDON
    2. 4. George HAMILTON-GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen was born on 28 Jan 1784 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 14 Dec 1860.
    3. William GORDON was born on 18 Dec 1784; died on 3 Feb 1858.
    4. Alicia GORDON was born in 1787; died on 24 Apr 1847.
    5. John GORDON was born in 1790; died on 8 Nov 1869.
    6. Charles GORDON was born on 5 Jul 1790; died on 30 Sep 1835.
    7. Robert GORDON was born in 1791; died on 8 Oct 1847.



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