Earl of Aberdeen - Definition and Overview

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair is a title in the Scottish peerage. The other titles held by the Marquess are: Earl of Aberdeen (created 1682), Earl of Haddo (1916), Viscount of Formartine (1682), Viscount Gordon (1814) and Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie (1682). The title Earl of Haddo is the courtesy title for the Marquess's eldest son and heir, the eldest son of whom has the courtesy title Viscount Formartine.

Earls of Aberdeen (1682)

• George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637-1720)
• William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (c. 1679-1745)
• George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722-1801)
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816-1864)
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841-1870)
• John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (1847-1934) (became Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1916)

Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair (1916)

• John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847-1934)
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879-1965)
• Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883-1972)
• David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1908-1974)
• Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1913-1984)
• Alistair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1920-2002)
• Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (b. 1955)

his son and heir: George Ian Alastair Gordon, Earl of Haddo (b. May 4 1983)