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Authorised form of nameGordon; George Hamilton (1784 - 1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Dates1784 - 1860
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth28 January 1784
Date of death14 December 1860
ActivityCareer:
Prime Minister (December 1852 - February 1855)
Education:
Harrow School
Honours:
Kt 1808
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election28/04/1808
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/66475619
CodeNA2261
Archives associated with this Fellow
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CB/1/1/1Letter from George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Thatch'd House to Charles Blagden, 5 Brompton Row, Knightsbridge8 May 1812
IM/Maull/000011Gordon, George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeennd
MS/426/27Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to the Right Honourable, Earl of Aberdeen [George John James Hamilton-Gordon]4 December 1841
MS/426/494Note of a letter from [the Secretaries of] the Royal Society; to the Earl of Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon][30 November 1853]
MS/426/493Copy letter from Rosse [William Parsons, President of the Royal Society]; to the Earl of Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon]30 November 1853
MC/1/214Letter from John [Peter] Yosy, [Secretary of the Medico-Botanical Society of London], 29 Berners Street, Oxford Street, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society16 April 1830
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MC/4/119Letter from Anthony Barclay, Her British Majesty's Consulate, New York, to [George Hamilton Gordon], 4th Earl of Aberdeen 1 January 1846
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
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