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Gordon, George Hamilton
The following data is extracted from Gordon Family Records.
GEORGE HAMILTON: fourth Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) , statesman; s. George G-, Lord Haddo; b. Edinburgh; founded the Athenian Society, 1803 ; member of parliament; invested with order of the Thistle, 1808 ; appointed ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Vienna, 1813 ; represented Great Britain at the Congress of Chatillon, 1814, and signed the treaty of Paris; as reward for diplomatic skill was created a peer by title of Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen; invested with order of the Garter at Windsor, 1855.
Source: Gordon Family Records
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