George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

E221197

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, was a 19th-century British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative statesman
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
awardReceived Knight of the Garter
birthDate 1784-01-28
birthPlace Edinburgh
Scotland
child Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United Kingdom
deathDate 1860-12-14
deathPlace England
London
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Harrow School
St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Hamilton-Gordon
father George Gordon, Lord Haddo
givenName George
headOfGovernmentOf United Kingdom
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix FRS
KG
PC
knownFor foreign policy expertise
leading the coalition government of 1852–1855
role in the Crimean War period
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council

Royal Society
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
mother Charlotte Baird
nobleTitle 4th Earl of Aberdeen
officeEnd 1855-02-01
officeStart 1852-12-19
parliamentaryGroup Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
Lord Privy Seal
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
precededBy Lord Derby
religion Church of Scotland
spouse Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton
Harriet Douglas
succeededBy Lord Palmerston

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Aberdeen titleHolder George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Aberdeen notableHolder George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Peelite Conservatives associatedWith Lord Aberdeen
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Peelite Conservatives supportedLeader Lord Aberdeen
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister) followedBy The Earl of Aberdeen (as Prime Minister)
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Peelite followedLeader Lord Aberdeen
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Peelite notableMember Lord Aberdeen
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby succeededInOfficeAsPrimeMinisterBy George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby succeededInOfficeAsPrimeMinisterBy George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen nobleTitle 4th Earl of Aberdeen
linked to: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby succeededByAsPrimeMinister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen