Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair explained

The Most Honourable
Birth Date:	31 March 1955
Death Date:	^[1]
Issue:	George Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Lord Sam Gordon Lady Anna Gordon Lord Charles Gordon
Parents:	Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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

Life

Gordon was educated at Cothill House, Abingdon, and Harrow School.

He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire in 1998.

The Dowager Marchioness is a patron of Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society.^[2]

Marriage and issue

He married Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth in 1981.^[3] They had four children:

• George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (b. 4 May 1983). He married 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)
  • Lord Louis George Solomon Gordon (b. 5 September 2018)
• 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)
• Lady Anna Katherine Gordon (b. 2 September 1988). Lady Anna is married to Sarah McChesney (b. 1987) in 2017.^[8]
• Lord Charles David Gordon (b. 8 June 1996)

References

• Burke's Peerage
• Who's Who 2009

External links

• Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABERDEEN - Deaths Announcements . 2020-03-16 . announcements.telegraph.co.uk . 2020-03-16 . 18 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200318183830/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240193/aberdeen . dead .
2. Web site: Hadde House Choral and Operatic Society. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122741/http://www.hhcos.org.uk/home/readstory/61. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
3. 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
4. Web site: Beulah Blue Heart Campaign. 2021-07-20. Tatler. en-GB.
5. Web site: HADDO - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements. 2021-07-20. announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
6. http://www.thepeerage.com/p7728.htm#i77276 The Peerage
7. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/206261/gordon Telegraph Announcements
8. http://www.thepeerage.com/p34.htm The Peerage