Early and Personal Life
Aberdeen was born in Edinburgh to George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and his wife Mary Baillie, daughter of George Baillie and sister to George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington. He studied at the University of St Andrews and University College, Oxford. He succeeded as 7th Earl of Aberdeen following the death of his eldest brother, George, 6th Earl of Aberdeen.
In 1877 he married Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks, daughter to Dudley Marjoribanks, later 1st Baron Tweedmouth, and Isabella Weir-Hogg. It seems that their marriage was a love match as they were long time friends and Ishbel developed a crush on Hamilton-Gordon at just 14. Lady Aberdeen, was an LL.D. of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. She served as President of the International Council of Women, 1893-99. Lady Aberdeen founded the National Council of Women of Canada, and the Victorian Order of Nurses.
They had five children:
- George (1879–1965), succeeded as 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Marjorie Adeline (1880–1970), married John Sinclair, later 1st Lord Pentland
- Dorothea (March – November 1882)
- Dudley Gladstone (1883–1972), succeeded his brother as 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Archibald Ian (1884–1909)
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