Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, was a British writer, philanthropist, and an advocate of women's interests. As the wife of John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberd
Lady Aberdeen by W.J. Byrne & Co., 1899
Lady Aberdeen by William James Topley, c. 1900.
Ishbel, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, by Ida Thoresen, 1935
Lady Aberdeen was the first woman to receive an honorary degree in Canada. She is shown here in Queen's University robes.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair DSO, styled Lord Dudley Gordon from 1916 to 1965, was a British peer, soldier, and industrialist.
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
…November 1877 in St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London. The couple had four surviving children: George (1879), Marjorie (1880), Dudley (1883), and Archibald (1884). Lady Aberdeen's daughter has written that "Ishbel interpreted the duty of wife as one who not only provided for her husband…
The Marquess in 1969.