Person

George Hamilton-Gordon

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Alternative names
4th Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, P.M.
Gender
Assigned male at birth
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ethnicity
White
Languages
English
Occupations
Noble, Politician

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860), 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.

In 1812 he became a diplomat, and in 1813, at age 29, was given the critically important embassy to Vienna, where he organised and financed the sixth coalition that defeated Napoleon. He served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support.

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