Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
DL
Born (1955-03-31) 31 March 1955 (age 69)
Spouse(s) Joanna Clodagh (m. 1981)
Parents Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, DL (born 31 March 1955) is a British peer and the son of Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

Gordon was educated at Cothill House, Abingdon, and Harrow School. He married Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth in 1981.[1] They have four children:

  • George Ian Alastair Gordon, Earl of Haddo (b. 4 May 1983). Lord Haddo is married[2] to Isabelle Coaten.[3] They have one son:
    • Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, Viscount Formartine (b. 18 July 2012)[4]
  • Lord Sam Dudley Gordon (b. 25 October 1985)
  • Lady Anna Katherine Gordon (b. 2 September 1988)
  • Lord Charles David Gordon (b. 8 June 1990)

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire in 1998. The Marchioness is a patron of Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society. [5]

Ancestry

Family of Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Mary Baillie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Hon. Ishbel Marjoribanks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Isabella Hogg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. George Drummond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. George Drummond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Marianne Portman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Cécile Drummond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Frederick Norman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Elizabeth Norman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Lady Adeliza Manners
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Sir Francis Barry, 1st Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. William Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Sarah Herron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Gerald Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Lady Grace Murray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Lady Gertrude Coke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Anne Barry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Helen Chaplin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Charles Balfour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Julian Balfour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Minnie Liddell
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
2002 – present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
George Gordon, Earl of Haddo