Editing Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (section)

===Lord Aberdeen, Prime Minister===
[[File:Georgehamiltongordonaberdeen.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of Lord Aberdeen]]'' by [[Thomas Lawrence]], 1830. The [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|Fourth Earl]] when serving as [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]].]]
The third earl was succeeded by his grandson, the [[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|fourth Earl]], who was the eldest son of [[George Gordon, Lord Haddo]]. On 1 June 1814 he was created '''Viscount Gordon''', of [[Aberdeen]] in the [[County of Aberdeen]], in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=16909 |date=18 June 1814 |page=1255}}</ref> which entitled him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. Lord Aberdeen was a distinguished diplomat and statesman and served as [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]] from 1828 to 1830 and from 1841 to 1846 and as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 1852 to 1855. Aberdeen married firstly Lady Catherine Elizabeth (1784–1812), daughter of [[John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn]], and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hamilton in 1818.{{sfn|Cokayne|1910|p=16}}

When Lord Aberdeen died, the titles passed to his eldest son from his second marriage to Harriet Douglas, the fifth Earl. He sat as [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] (MP) for [[Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeenshire]]. His eldest son, the sixth Earl, was a sailor and adventurer. He was accidentally drowned off the coast of America in 1870, without marrying or having children.{{sfn|Cokayne|1910|p=17}}