Robert Gordon

Sir Robert Gordon GCB GCH PC (1791 – 8 October 1847) was a British diplomat. Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo (himself the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen) and a brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen. From 1826 to 1828, he was Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil, to the Ottoman Empire from 1828 to 1831 and to Austria from 1841 to 1847. In 1830, he acquired a long-term lease of Balmoral Castle and entertained Queen Victoria and... more

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  • Oct 8, 1847 (age 56 years)

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