Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, DL (31 March 1955 – 12 March 2020[1]) was a Scottish peer and the son of Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
DL
Born(1955-03-31)31 March 1955
Died12 March 2020(2020-03-12) (aged 64)
Spouse(s)
Joanna Clodagh
(
m. 1981)
ParentsAlastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Gordon was educated at Cothill House, Abingdon, and Harrow School. He married Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth in 1981.[2] They had four children:

  • George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (b. 4 May 1983). He married[3] Isabelle Coaten.[4] They have two sons and one daughter:
    • Ivo Alexander Ninian Gordon, Earl of Haddo (b. 18 July 2012)[5]
    • Lord Johnny David Nehemiah Gordon (b. 23 June 2014)[6]
    • Lady Christabel Alexandra Lully Gordon (b. 1 March 2016)[6]
  • Lord Sam Dudley Gordon (b. 25 October 1985). Lord Sam is married to Isobel Tatham. They have one son and one daughter:
    • Bertie Raiph Dudley Gordon (b. 30 August 2016)[7]
    • Lara Sophie Bebe Gordon (b. 21 September 2018)[8]
  • Lady Anna Katherine Gordon (b. 2 September 1988). Lady Anna is married to Sarah McChesney (b. 1987) in 2017.[8]
  • Lord Charles Daniel Gordon (b. 8 June 1996)

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire in 1998. The Dowager Marchioness is a patron of Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society.[9]

References
  1. "ABERDEEN - Deaths Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
  3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5110628/Britney-Spears-skewered-by-Stevie-Nicks.html
  4. http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2011/october/beulah-blue-heart-campaign-launch#/4899/image/7
  5. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/152170/haddo
  6. The Peerage
  7. Telegraph Announcements
  8. The Peerage
  9. "Hadde House Choral and Operatic Society". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alastair Gordon		 Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
2002 – 2020		 Succeeded by
George Gordon
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