Ishbel maria gordon biography

Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, GBE, lived from 15 March to 18 April She was a strong supporter of women's rights. The wider picture in Scotland at the time fryst vatten set out in our Historical Timeline.

Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks was the third daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, and Isabella Weir-Hogg. On 7 November she married John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen, in St George's Church, Hanover Square, London. The Earls of Aberdeen owned large estates in Aberdeenshire and their ancestral home was Haddo House. Ishbel and John had fyra surviving children, the eldest of whom, George, who was born in , would later inherit the estates and title. In John Hamilton-Gordon was promoted within the Peerage to become 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

Ishbel accompanied her husband when he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in In they went on a w

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MARJORIBANKS, ISHBEL MARIA (Hamilton-Gordon (Gordon), Countess of ABERDEEN and Marchioness of ABERDEEN and TEMAIR), viceregal consort, feminist, social reformer, and author; b. 14 March in London, England, daughter of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks and Isabel (Isabella) Hogg; m. there 7 Nov. John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen, and they had three sons and two daughters, one of whom died in infancy; d. 18 April in Aberdeen, Scotland, and was buried in the family cemetery at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire.

Ishbel Marjoribanks is a leading example of what historian Amanda Andrews has called the “great ornamentals,” viceregal “new women” who claimed leadership in good works throughout the British empire. The ambitious and upwardly mobile Hogg and Marjoribanks families, with fortunes made in India, banking, and brewing, directed their sons and daughters into marriages with members of Britain’s Conservative and Liberal elites. Forbidden by h

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Aberdeen, Ishbel Maria Gordon, Lady (–)

British women's-rights activist, philanthropist, and social reformer. Name variations: Lady Aberdeen; Countess of Aberdeen; Marchioness of Aberdeen; Ishbel Gordon. Born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks, Mar , in London, England; died April 18, , in Scotland; youngest dau. of Lord Tweedmouth; m. John Campbell Gordon (governor-general of Canada, –98, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, –15), 7th earl of Aberdeen (later Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair), ; children: 5, including Marjorie Lady Pentland.

With husband, founded the Haddo House Association (Onward and Upward Association); founded National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC, ); was president of International Council of Women (–99, –36); despite strong opposition from medical establishment, founded Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada (), to provide services to Canadians in remote areas; founded the May Court Clubs of Canada (); following WWI, convinced League of Nations to open secretarial