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David George Ian Alexander GORDON, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

David George Ian Alexander GORDON, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Male 1908 - 1974  (66 years)

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  1. 1.  David George Ian Alexander GORDON, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 21 Jan 1908 (son of Dudley Gladstone GORDON, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Cecile Elizabeth DRUMMOND); died on 13 Sep 1974.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: - Harrow - Balliol College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: Major 5th/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders World War II (despatches)
    • Membership: Fellow, Chartered Land Agents' Society (FLAS)
    • Academic degree: 1930; Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Balliol College Oxford
    • Event: 1937; Gold Staff Officer Coronation
    • Occupation / Profession: 1949; Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Aberdeenshire
    • Occupation / Profession: 1950; County Councillor for Aberdeenshire
    • Married name: 1955; Royal Company of Archers
    • Occupation / Profession: 1955; Justice of the Peace (JP) in Aberdeenshire
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1959 to 1974; Vice-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1962 to 1968; Chairman - Aberdeen Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1962 to 1966; Convener Scottish Landowners' Federation
    • Honor: 8 Jun 1963; Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Civil Division - For political and public services in Aberdeenshire.
    • Honor: 26 Jun 1964; Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1965; President - Experiment in International Living
    • Occupation / Profession: 1967; President - Royal Scottish Benevolent Agricultural Institution
    • Occupation / Profession: 1967; Vice-President - Convener Scottish Landowners' Federation
    • Academic degree: 1968; Master of Arts (MA) from Balliol College Oxford
    • Occupation / Profession: 1968; Director - Northern Area Clydesdale Bank
    • Title: From 16 Apr 1972 to 13 Sep 1974; 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (Counties Aberdeen, Meath and Argyll), Earl of Haddo (County Aberdeen) [UK. 1916], 10th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 7th Viscount Gordon (of Aberdeen) [UK. 1814], 12th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Occupation / Profession: 1973; Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire

    David married Beatrice Mary June BOISSIER on 29 Apr 1939. Beatrice (daughter of Arthur Paul BOISSIER) was born on 29 Dec 1913; died on 22 Jun 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mary Katharine GORDON was born on 30 May 1946.
    2. Sarah Caroline GORDON was born on 25 Mar 1948.
    3. Andrew David GORDON was born on 6 Mar 1950.
    4. James Drummond GORDON was born on 11 Apr 1953.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dudley Gladstone GORDON, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 6 May 1883 (son of John Campbell HAMILTON-GORDON, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Ishbel Maria MARJORIBANKS); died on 16 Apr 1972.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Born as: Dudley Gladstone Hamilton-Gordon
    • Education: Harrow
    • Academic degree: Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Aberdeen University
    • Occupation / Profession: - Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Service Battalion Gordon Highlanders World War I (desptaches). - Chairman Hadfields Ltd (Sheffield) - Member Executive Committee Federation of British Industries - Allied Circle - British Iron Steel Research Association - Bach Choir
    • Occupation / Profession: 1907; Staff - J and E Hall Ltd (engineers, Dartford)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1910; Director - J and E Hall Ltd (engineers, Dartford)
    • Event: 1911; Gold Staff Officer Coronation
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1917 to 1919; Commanded 8/10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
    • Honor: 26 Sep 1917; Distinguished Service Order (DSO) - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in personally supervising the construction of two artillery tracks over newly captured ground. Throughout the day he set a splendid example of gallantry and coolness, personally carrying out reconnaissances under heavy fire from rifles and machine guns, and it was due to his fearlessness and disregard of danger that the track was successfully completed.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1923 to 1924; Chairman - Dartford East Grinstead Urban District Council
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1926 to 1929; President - British Association Refrigeration
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1936 to 1939; President - British Engineers Association
    • Occupation / Profession: 1937; Gold Staff Officer Coronation
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1940 to 1943; President - Federation of British Industries
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1947 to 1948; President - Institute of Mechanical Engineers
    • Occupation / Profession: 1950; Governor, deputy chairman - Harrow School
    • Occupation / Profession: 1953; Chairman - The Jacques Orchestra
    • Occupation / Profession: 1953; Engineering Section British Association Advancement of Science
    • Title: From 6 Jan 1965 to 16 Apr 1972; 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (Counties Aberdeen, Meath and Argyll), Earl of Haddo (County Aberdeen) [UK. 1916], 9th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 6th Viscount Gordon (of Aberdeen) [UK. 1814], 11th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]

    Dudley married Cecile Elizabeth DRUMMOND on 25 Apr 1907. Cecile (daughter of George James DRUMMOND) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 17 Sep 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Cecile Elizabeth DRUMMOND was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of George James DRUMMOND); died on 17 Sep 1948.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Cecile Elizabeth Gordon

    Children:
    1. 1. David George Ian Alexander GORDON, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 21 Jan 1908; died on 13 Sep 1974.
    2. Jessamine Cecile Marjorie GORDON was born on 14 Aug 1910; died on 14 Dec 1994.
    3. Archibald Victor Dudley GORDON, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 9 Jul 1913; died on 7 Sep 1984.
    4. Michael James Andrew GORDON was born on 22 May 1918; died on 8 Oct 1943 in Italy.
    5. Alastair Ninian John GORDON, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 20 Jul 1920; died on 19 Aug 2002.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Campbell HAMILTON-GORDON, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 3 Aug 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland (son of George John James HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary BAILLIE); died on 7 Mar 1934.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Academic degree: - Master of Arts (MA) from University College Oxford - Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Queen's (Ontario), Toronto, McGill (Montreal), Ottawa, Laval, Princeton and Harvard Universities - Honorary Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) from Oxford and Bishop's College, Lennoxville
    • Occupation / Profession: - Justice of the Peace (JP) in Aberdeenshire - Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Aberdeen City
    • Occupation / Profession: - Lord-Lieutenant and President Territorial Army Association Aberdeen - Vice-President Royal Empire Society - Captain Royal Company of Archers - Honorary Colonel 1st Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
    • Title: From 27 Jan 1870 to 7 Mar 1934; 7th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 4th Viscount Gordon (of Aberdeen) [UK. 1814], 9th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1881 to 1885; Her Majesty's High Commissioner General Assembly of Church of Scotland
    • Occupation / Profession: 1886; Privy Council (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: From Feb 1886 to Aug 1886; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1893 to 1898; Governor-General of Canada
    • Honor: 1895; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1905 to 1915; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
    • Honor: 1906; Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1911; Bore the Standard of Canada Coronation
    • Honor: 1911; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1913 to 1916; Lord Rector of St. Andrews University
    • Occupation / Profession: 1915; Her Majesty's High Commissioner General Assembly of Church of Scotland
    • Title: From 4 Jan 1916 to 7 Mar 1934; 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (Counties Aberdeen, Meath and Argyll), Earl of Haddo (County Aberdeen) [UK. 1916]
    • Honor: Mar 1932; Honorary Fellow, University College Oxford

    John married Ishbel Maria MARJORIBANKS on 7 Nov 1877. Ishbel was born on 15 Mar 1857; died on 18 Apr 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ishbel Maria MARJORIBANKS was born on 15 Mar 1857; died on 18 Apr 1939.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon
    • Academic degree: Doctor of Laws (LLD)
    • Honor: - Legion of Honor - Freedom of Edinburgh
    • Title: From 7 Nov 1877 to 7 Mar 1934; Countess of Aberdeen
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1893 to 1936; President - International Council of Women
    • Title: From 4 Jan 1916 to 7 Mar 1934; Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
    • Honor: 1 Jan 1931; Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) - Civil Division - President, International Council of Women, 1893-1899 and since 1904. President, Irish Industries Association. President, Women's National Health Association of Ireland.
    • Title: From 7 Mar 1934 to 18 Apr 1939; Dowager Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

    Children:
    1. George GORDON, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 20 Jan 1879; died on 6 Jan 1965.
    2. Marjorie Adeline GORDON was born on 7 Dec 1880; died on 26 Jul 1970.
    3. Dorothea Mary GORDON was born on 12 Mar 1882; died on 25 Nov 1882.
    4. 2. Dudley Gladstone GORDON, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 6 May 1883; died on 16 Apr 1972.
    5. Archibald Ian GORDON was born on 3 Oct 1884; died on 16 Dec 1909.

  3. 6.  George James DRUMMOND
    Children:
    1. 3. Cecile Elizabeth DRUMMOND was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 17 Sep 1948.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George John James HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th Earl of Aberdeen was born on 28 Sep 1816 (son of George HAMILTON-GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Harriet DOUGLAS); died on 22 Mar 1864.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: From 1854 to 1860; Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire
    • Title: From 14 Dec 1860 to 22 Mar 1864; 5th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 2nd Viscount Gordon (of Aberdeen) [UK. 1814], 7th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]

    George married Mary BAILLIE on 5 Nov 1840. Mary (daughter of George BAILLIE, of Mellerstain and Jerviswoode) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 3 Apr 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary BAILLIE was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of George BAILLIE, of Mellerstain and Jerviswoode); died on 3 Apr 1900.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Hamilton-Gordon
    • Title: From 5 Nov 1840 to 22 Mar 1864; Countess of Aberdeen
    • Title: From 22 Mar 1864 to 3 Apr 1900; Dowager Countess of Aberdeen

    Children:
    1. George HAMILTON-GORDON, 6th Earl of Aberdeen was born on 10 Dec 1841; died on 27 Jan 1870.
    2. Mary HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 28 Apr 1844; died on 13 Feb 1914.
    3. James Henry HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 11 Oct 1845; died on 12 Feb 1868.
    4. 4. John Campbell HAMILTON-GORDON, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair was born on 3 Aug 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 7 Mar 1934.
    5. Harriet HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 17 Dec 1849; died on 15 Feb 1942.
    6. Katherine Eliza HAMILTON-GORDON was born on 10 Oct 1852; died on 28 Feb 1931.



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