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- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen abstract "George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRSE, FRS, PC, FSA Scot (28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support. The Aberdeen ministry was filled with powerful and talented politicians, whom Aberdeen was largely unable to control and direct. Despite trying to avoid this happening, it took Britain into the Crimean War, and fell when its conduct became unpopular, after which Aberdeen retired from politics.Aberdeen's career was dominated by foreign policy, but his experience did not prevent the slide towards the Crimean War. His personal life was marked by the loss of both parents by the time he was eleven, and of his first wife after only seven years of a happy marriage. His daughters died young, and his relations with his sons were difficult. Before his marriage he travelled extensively in Europe, including Greece, and he had a serious interest in the classical civilisations and their archaeology. On his return to Britain in 1805 he devoted much time and energy to improving conditions on his Scottish estates.After the death of his wife in 1812 he became a diplomat, almost immediately being given the important embassy to Vienna while still in his twenties. His rise in politics was equally rapid and lucky, and "two accidents — Canning's death and Wellington's impulsive acceptance of the Canningite resignations" led to him becoming Foreign Secretary to the Duke of Wellington in 1828 despite "an almost ludicrous lack of official experience"; he had been a minister for less than six months. After holding the position for two years, followed by another cabinet role, by 1841 his experience led to his appointment as Foreign Secretary again under Robert Peel for a longer term. This was despite his being a "notoriously bad speaker", which mattered far less in the House of Lords, and having a "dour, awkward, occasionally sarcastic exterior". Nonetheless his Peelite colleague, later himself Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, said of him that he was "the man in public life of all others whom I have loved. I say emphatically loved. I have loved others, but never like him".".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen birthDate "1784-01-28".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen birthPlace Edinburgh.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen birthYear "1784".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen deathDate "1860-12-14".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen deathPlace London.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen deathYear "1860".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen thumbnail Georgehamiltongordonaberdeen.jpg?width=300.
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- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen after Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen almaMater St_John's_College,_Cambridge.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen before Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen birthName "George Gordon".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen birthPlace "Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen children "4".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen dateOfBirth "1784-01-28".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen dateOfDeath "1860-12-14".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen deathDate "1860-12-14".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen deathPlace "St James's, Middlesex, England".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen hasPhotoCollection George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen id "12".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen id "85738".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen imagesize "220".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen last Arthur_Paget_(diplomat).
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen monarch George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen monarch Queen_Victoria.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen monarch William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen name "Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl Of".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen name "Catherine Elizabeth Gordon , Countess of Aberdeen".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen name "George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen name "The Earl of Aberdeen".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen order Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen order Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen order Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen order Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen party Peelite.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen placeOfBirth "Edinburgh".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen placeOfDeath "London".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen predecessor Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen predecessor Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen predecessor John_Ward,_1st_Earl_of_Dudley.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen predecessor Nicholas_Vansittart,_1st_Baron_Bexley.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen predecessor Thomas_Spring_Rice,_1st_Baron_Monteagle_of_Brandon.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen primeminister Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen primeminister Robert_Peel.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen reason Napoleonic_Wars.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen religion Church_of_England.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen rows "2".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen shortDescription "4".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen signature "George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Signature.svg".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen spouse "Catherine".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen successor Charles_Arbuthnot.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen successor Charles_Grant,_1st_Baron_Glenelg.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen successor Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termEnd "1828-06-02".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termEnd "1830-11-22".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termEnd "1835-04-08".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termEnd "1846-07-06".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termEnd "1855-01-30".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termStart "1828-01-26".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termStart "1828-06-02".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termStart "1834-12-20".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termStart "1841-09-02".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen termStart "1852-12-19".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Austria.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Lord_Lieutenant_of_Aberdeenshire.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Marquess_of_Aberdeen_and_Temair.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title Secretary_of_State_for_War_and_the_Colonies.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen title "George Hamilton-Gordon navigational boxes".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen wordnet_type synset-chancellor-noun-1.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen wordnet_type synset-incumbent-noun-1.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "--12-19".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1801".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1813".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1814".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1828".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1834".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1841".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1846".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "1852".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen years "January–June 1828".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen description "4th Earl of Aberdeen".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen description "4th Earl of Aberdeen".
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:1784_births.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:1860_deaths.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:19th-century_British_politicians.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:19th-century_Scottish_people.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:19th-century_diplomats.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:Alumni_of_St_John's_College,_Cambridge.
- George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen subject Category:British_Secretaries_of_State.