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29 de sept. de 2021 · George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, KG KT FRS PC, lived from 28 January 1784 to 14 December 1860. Also known as Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, he was a politician who served as British Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
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.
15 de sept. de 2021 · The 4th Earl of Aberdeen was a mild abolitionist. According to the ODNB, in 1806 ‘He prepared a maiden speech in favour of the abolition of the slave trade but lost his nerve and failed to deliver it’. (Muriel E. Chamberlain, ‘Gordon, George Hamilton-, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)’, in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary ...
George Gordon, Lord Haddo (28 January 1764 – 2 October 1791 of a fall from his horse at Gight Castle), who was the father of Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, two other sons, and three daughters. Hon. William Gordon (c. 1765 – 19 March 1845) Built Rudding Park House 1805–1824.
His paternal grandfather, also George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), was a leading Peelite conservative and prime minister (1852–5). Campbell liked to recall that one of his maternal ancestors had been a covenanting martyr while a paternal ancestor was executed for royalism; he saw this blended ancestry as symbolising his mission of national reconciliation.
When Aberdeen's coalition fell in 1855 over its handling of the Crimean War, Palmerston was the only man able to sustain a majority in Parliament, and he became prime minister. He had two periods in office, 1855–1858 and 1859–1865, before his death at the age of 80 years, a few months after victory in a general election in which he had obtained an increased majority.
Lord Aberdeen: A Biography of the Fourth Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., Prime Minister 1852-1855 Lucille Iremonger Collins , 1978 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages
