Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon

1784 - 1860  (76 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 57 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	George Hamilton-Gordon
  Prefix	Prime Minister
  Relationship	with Francis Fox
  Born	28 Jan 1784	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec 1860	Argyll House, London, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I132626	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	George Gordon,   b. 1764,   d. 1793  (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Baird,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 Jun 1782
  Family ID	F53796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton,   b. 10 Jan 1784,   d. 29 Dec 1812, Argyll House, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 28 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1805
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F149027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Harriet Douglas,   b. 8 Jun 1792, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. 26 Aug 1833, Argyllhsstjames, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 41 years)
  Married	8 Jul 1815
  Children	+ 1. Earl George John James Hamilton-Gordon,   b. 28 Sep 1816, Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, Great Britain ,   d. 22 Mar 1864, Haddo House  (Age 47 years) + 2. Gen. Alexander Hamilton-Gordon,   b. 11 December 1817,   d. 18 May 1890  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F148946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 28 Jan 1784 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
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  4th Earl of Aberdeen Prime Minister of England 1852-55 George Hamilton Gordon, was born in Edinburgh in 1784. Educated at Harrow he obtained the title Lord Haddo when his father died in 1793. His joint guardians were William Pitt and Henry Dundas. He became the 4th Earl of Aberdeen on the death of his grandfather in 1801. In 1813 the Earl of Aberdeen was sent as a special ambassador to Vienna by Lord Liverpool. Aberdeen successfully negotiated the Treaty of Toplitz that created the alliance of Great Powers against Napoleon. In 1828 the Duke of Wellington appointed Aberdeen as his Foreign Secretary. He also held this position under Sir Robert Peel between 1841 and 1847. Aberdeen was a strong believer in free trade and helped Peel repeal the Corn Laws in 1846. This action split the Conservative Party and Peel and Aberdeen were forced to resign. The Earl of Aberdeen became Prime Minister after the resignation of the Earl of Derby in 1852. Aberdeen's coalition government was very popular with the public at first. However, attitudes changed when Britain became involved in the Crimean War in 1854. Aberdeen was blamed for the mismanagement of the war and he was forced to resign in February 1855. George Hamilton Gordon died in 1860.