George Gordon, Lord Haddo

George Gordon, Lord Haddo (28 January 1764 – 2 October 1791) was a Scottish Freemason and the eldest son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen.

On 18 June 1782, Haddo married Charlotte Baird (d. 8 October 1795) a sister of Sir David Baird, Bt. and they had seven children:

• Hon. George Hamilton-Gordon (1784–1860), later 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852–1855)
• Hon. William Gordon (1784–1858), politician and vice-admiral
• The Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon (1786–1815), lieutenant-colonel, killed at Waterloo
• Lady Alice Gordon (1787–1847), granted the rank of an earl's daughter in 1813, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Sophia of Gloucester, died unmarried.
• Hon. Charles Gordon (1790–1835), soldier
• Hon. Sir Robert Gordon (1791–1847), diplomat
• Hon. Sir John Gordon (1792–1869), naval officer

Haddo was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1784 to 1786. In this capacity he laid the foundation stone of South Bridge, Edinburgh on 1 August 1785.

He predeceased his father in 1791 and on the latter's death in 1801, the earldom passed to Haddo's eldest son, George.

Legacy

Haddo Peak in the Canadian Rocky Mountains was named in his honour.

Notes

References

• Lundy, Darryl (24 January 2011). "i24705: George Gordon, Lord Haddo". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011. This source cites:
  • Cokayne, G.E.; et al. (2000). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959). Vol. 1 (reprint in 6 volumes ed.). Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing. pp. 15, 16.
  • Paul, Sir James Balfour (1904). The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland. Vol. 1. Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas. p. 93.

1. Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
2. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
3. George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen
4. John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
5. George Gordon
6. George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen
7. George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
8. Haddo Peak
9. George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen
10. Clan Gordon
11. Robert Gordon (diplomat)
12. List of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland
13. South Bridge, Edinburgh
14. John Gordon (Royal Navy officer)
15. William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
16. Gight
17. William Gordon (Royal Navy officer, born 1784)
18. George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen
19. Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
20. Alexander Gordon (British Army officer, born 1786)