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The Gordons of Haddo and Mcthlick.
X. George, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen.
He married Catharine, daughter of Oswald Hanson, Esq. of Wakefield, Yorkshire,
and by her, who died March 15, 1817, had issue —
I. George, Lord Haddo. He was accidentally killed by a fall from his horse near
the Castle of Gight, October 2, 1791 (in the life-time of his father). He married
Charlotte, daughter of William Baird, Esq. of New Byth, by whom he had
issue : —
I. George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
n. William, Vice- Admiral, long member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire,
born 1785, died February 3, 1858.
HI. Sir Alexander Gordon, K.C.B., Lieut. -Colonel in the army, Aide-de-Camp
to his uncle. Sir David Baird, afterward to the Duke of Wellington, and was
killed at the battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815.
IV. Sir Charles, Lieut.-Colonel, born 5 July, 1790, died 30 September, 1835.
V. Sir Robert, a distinguished diplomatist, born 1791, died 8 October, 1847.
VL John, Vice-Admiral, R.N., born 1792.
I. Alicia, who obtained from the Prince Regent in 181 3 the precedency
of an Earl's daughter, and died April 24, 1847.
n. William, who succeeded to the Ellon estate, and died 1S46.
1. Anne, married to Edward Place, Esq. of Skelton Grange, Yorkshire, and had
issue.
2. Susan, died unmarried, 1795.
3. Mary, married 12 March, 1789, to Thomas Horton, Esq. of Honroyde Hall,
Yorkshire, who died 22 December, 1829 ; she died August 7, 1853.
The Earl, who was one of the representative Peers of Scotland, died at Ellon Castle,
August 13, 1801, and was succeeded by his grandson —
XI. George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. K.G., K.T., LL.D.,
F.R.S., F.A.S., F.S.A. Scot., &c., &c., &c.
He was born at Edinburgh, 28 January, 1784. When he was six years old his
father died, and he succeeded his grandfather at the age of 17. He was educated at
Harrow, and from that school he entered St. John's College, Cambridge.
At that time Pitt was First Lord of the Treasury, Melville ruled at the Admiralty,
and the beautiful and accomplished Duchess of Gordon (Jane Maxwell) interested
herself much in the Tory supporters. Lord Aberdeen was brought up under the especial
notice of these, and was early introduced into the mysteries of official life.
He graduated in 1801, and in the same year was attached to the Embassy sent
under Lord Cornwallis to negotiate with Napoleon the peace of Amiens, a peace which
did not last long. About this time he visited Greece, and while his countryman. Lord
Elgin, was despoiling that classic land of some of its finest marbles, he with all the