George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
British politician (1784-1860)
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About George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in foreign affairs. He 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 his efforts to avoid this happening, his ministry took Britain into the Crimean War, and fell when the war's conduct became unpopular. Subsequently, Aberdeen retired from politics.
Everything about George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat
- Position held
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- January 28, 1784
- Died
- December 14, 1860