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Xy GORDON

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  1. 1.  Xy GORDON was born in 1810 (son of George HAMILTON-GORDON, 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Catherine Elizabeth HAMILTON); died in 1810.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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 Catherine Elizabeth HAMILTON on 28 Jul 1805. Catherine (daughter of John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn and Catherine COPLEY) was born on 10 Jan 1784; died on 29 Feb 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Elizabeth HAMILTON was born on 10 Jan 1784 (daughter of John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn and Catherine COPLEY); died on 29 Feb 1812.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Catherine Elizabeth Gordon
    • Title: From 28 Jul 1805 to 29 Feb 1812; Countess of Aberdeen

    Children:
    1. Jane GORDON was born on 11 Feb 1807; died on 18 Aug 1824.
    2. Caroline Katherine GORDON was born on 28 Mar 1808; died on 24 Jul 1818.
    3. Alice GORDON was born on 12 Jul 1809; died in Apr 1829.
    4. 1. Xy GORDON was born in 1810; died in 1810.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn was born in Jul 1756 (son of John HAMILTON and Harriet CRAGGS); died on 27 Jan 1818.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: Member of Parliament (MP) for East Looe, in Cornwall
    • Academic degree: 1776; Master of Arts (MA) from Pembroke College, Cambridge
    • Occupation / Profession: 1784; Chosen Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Germans at the general election.
    • Title: From 9 Oct 1789 to 27 Jan 1818; 9th Earl of Abercorn, 9th Lord Paisley, Hamilton, Mountcastell and Kilpatrick [Scotland. 1606], 2nd Viscount Hamilton (of Hamilton, in the county of Leicester) [Great Britain. 1786], 4th Baron Mountcastle (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1701], 4th Viscount Strabane [Ireland. 1701], 5th Baronet (of Donalong, County Tyrone and Nenagh, County Tipperary) [Ireland. 1660], 10th Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane (County Tyrone) [Ireland. 1617], 9th Lord Abercorn (County Linlithgow) [Scotland. 1603], 9th Lord Paisley (County Renfrew) [Scotland. 1587]
    • Title: From 15 Oct 1790 to 27 Jan 1818; 1st Marquess of Abercorn [Great Britain. 1790]
    • Occupation / Profession: 7 Feb 1794; Privy Counsellor (PC) of Ireland
    • Honor: 15 Jan 1805; Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG)

    John married Catherine COPLEY on 20 Jun 1777. Catherine (daughter of Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire and Mary BULLER) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 13 Sep 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Catherine COPLEY was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire and Mary BULLER); died on 13 Sep 1791.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Catherine Hamilton
    • Title: From 9 Oct 1789 to 13 Sep 1791; Countess of Abercorn
    • Title: From 15 Oct 1790 to 13 Sep 1791; Marchioness of Abercorn

    Notes:

    Married:
    20 Jun 1779 - The Scots Peerage, Volume I, Page 66

    Children:
    1. Harriet Margaret HAMILTON was born about 1781; died on 30 Apr 1803.
    2. Katherine Constantia HAMILTON was born on 7 Oct 1782; died on 23 May 1783.
    3. 3. Catherine Elizabeth HAMILTON was born on 10 Jan 1784; died on 29 Feb 1812.
    4. Maria HAMILTON was born on 28 Feb 1785; died on 21 Jan 1814.
    5. James HAMILTON, Viscount Hamilton was born on 7 Oct 1786 in Petersham Lodge, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England; died on 27 May 1814.
    6. Claud HAMILTON was born on 1 Nov 1787; died in Jun 1808 in Madeira, Portugal.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George GORDON, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen was born on 19 Jun 1722; was christened on 20 Jun 1722 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (son of William GORDON, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Anna Susan MURRAY); died on 30 Aug 1801.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 30 Mar 1746 to 30 Aug 1801; 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 5th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1747 to 1761; Representative Peer (Scotland)
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1774 to 1790; Representative Peer (Scotland)

    George married Catherine Elizabeth HANSON before 22 Aug 1759. Catherine (daughter of Oswald HANSON) was born about 1733; died on 15 Mar 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine Elizabeth HANSON was born about 1733 (daughter of Oswald HANSON); died on 15 Mar 1817.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Catherine Elizabeth Gordon
    • Title: Countess of Aberdeen

    Children:
    1. William GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 19 Mar 1845.
    2. Catherine GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 30 Sep 1784.
    3. Anne GORDON
    4. Susan GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Jul 1795.
    5. Mary GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Aug 1852.
    6. 4. George GORDON, Lord Haddo was born on 28 Jan 1764; died on 2 Oct 1791 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  3. 10.  William BAIRD, of Newbyth
    Children:
    1. 5. Charlotte BAIRD was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 8 Oct 1795.

  4. 12.  John HAMILTON was born on 2 Mar 1714 (son of James HAMILTON, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne PLUMER); died on 18 Dec 1755.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: - Royal Navy (RN) - Lieutenant of the Louisa - Successively commanded the Kingsdale, the Augusta, the Vanguard, and the Lancaster.
    • Event: Dec 1736; Wrecked in a storm attending George I from Hanover to England. He was the last man who quitted the ship, and on going ashore he was presented to and graciously received by the King, and Queen Caroline complimented his father on his gallant behaviour.
    • Occupation / Profession: 13 Feb 1741; Promoted to the rank of captain of the Royal Navy.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Drowned by the upsetting of his boat, going from his ship to Portsmouth.

    John married Harriet CRAGGS on 13 Oct 1749. Harriet (daughter of James CRAGGS) was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 1 Feb 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Harriet CRAGGS was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of James CRAGGS); died on 1 Feb 1769.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Harriet Eliot, Harriet Hamilton

    Children:
    1. Anne HAMILTON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 4 Nov 1764.
    2. 6. John James HAMILTON, 1st Marquess of Abercorn was born in Jul 1756; died on 27 Jan 1818.

  6. 14.  Sir Joseph COPLEY, 1st Baronet, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire

    Joseph + Mary BULLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Mary BULLER (daughter of John BULLER).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Copley

    Children:
    1. 7. Catherine COPLEY was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 13 Sep 1791.



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