Earl of Aberdeen

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British politician Scottish nobleman Scottish peer country house courtesy title hereditary title monarch peerage title title in the Peerage of Scotland title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Earl of Aberdeen is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Scotland historically associated with the Gordon family, one holder of which served as a British Prime Minister in the mid-19th century.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen 0
Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 0
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
Scottish peer ⓘ
country house ⓘ
courtesy title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
peerage title ⓘ
title in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedCounty Aberdeenshire ⓘ
surface form: County of Aberdeen
associatedTitle Lord Gordon of Haddo ⓘ
Lord Haddo ⓘ
Viscount Formartine ⓘ
associatedWith Clan Gordon ⓘ
category Noble titles created in 1682 ⓘ
Scottish earls ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
creationDate 1682 ⓘ
firstHolder George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ⓘ
heraldicTradition Scottish heraldry ⓘ
hereditary true ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
locatedIn Aberdeenshire ⓘ
mergedWith Marquessate of Aberdeen and Temair ⓘ
monarchAtCreation Charles II of England ⓘ
nobleFamily Gordon family ⓘ
Gordon family ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableHolder George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ⓘ
peerage Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) historical
positionHeld Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
presentHolder Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ⓘ
rank earl ⓘ
region Aberdeenshire ⓘ
seat Haddo House ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
succession male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
termEnd 1855 ⓘ
termStart 1852 ⓘ
titleHolder George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ⓘ
typeOfPeerage Scottish peerage ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Aberdeen → nobleTitle → Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Earl of Aberdeen → nobleTitle → Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Aberdeen → nobleTitle → Earl of Aberdeen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Stanley of Preston → succeededBy → Earl of Aberdeen ⓘ