George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in foreign affairs. He served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support. The Aberdeen ministry was filled with powerful a…
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Born 28 January 1784 · Died 14 December 1860 · Q24631
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1878· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Her journal records that he was "A man of much talent, who leaves a name behind him, kind, & good, with a great knowledge of the constitution, who behaved very well, on many trying occasions; but he was impulsive, very s
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1860· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Died 1860-12-14.
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1855· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1855).
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1854· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
An American naval vessel bombarded the mosquito port of Greytown, Nicaragua in retaliation for an insult; Britain protested
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1852· 2 entries
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852–1855).
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1852–1855).
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1851· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Prevented him from joining the Whig government of Lord John Russell in that year
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1847· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Were members of the "Irish Brigade", who voted with the Peelites and the Whigs for the repeal of the Corn Laws because they sought an end the Great Irish Famine by means of cheaper wheat and bread prices for the poor and
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1846· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
The United States announced its intention of annexing Hawaii, and Britain not only complained but sent a naval force to make the point
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1845· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Had himself tacitly authorised the construction of the first Anglican church in Jerusalem, following his predecessor's commission in 1838 of the first European Consul in Jerusalem on Britain's behalf, which lead to serie
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1843· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
To the schism known as "the Disruption" when a third of ministers broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland
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1842· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Aberdeen sent Lord Ashburton to Washington to settle all disputes, especially the border between Canada and Maine, the boundary along the Great Lakes, the Oregon boundary, the African slave trade, the Caroline affair abo
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1841· 1 entry
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1841–1846).
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1840· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
And 1843, he raised two Compromise Bills to allow presbyteries but not congregations the right of veto
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1837· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
And the Creole case of 1841 involving a slave revolt on the high seas
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1834· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Career landmark: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1834–1835).
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1832· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Russell had been nicknamed "Finality John" because of his statement that the 1832 Reform Act had just been approved by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords would be the "final" expansion of the vote in Britai
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1828· 2 entries
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Despite "an almost ludicrous lack of official experience"; he had been a minister for less than six months
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Career landmark: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1828–1828).
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1827· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
And was President of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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1816· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864).
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1814· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1814–1860).
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1813· 2 entries
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Career landmark: ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria (1813–1814).
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
At age 29, was given the critically important embassy to Vienna, where he organised and financed the sixth coalition that defeated Napoleon
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1805· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Married Lady Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn
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1784· 1 entry
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Born 1784-01-28.
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