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Encyclopedia > Robert Gordon (diplomat)

Sir Robert Gordon, GCB, GCH, PC (1791–8 October 1847) was a British diplomat. Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... The Royal Guelphic Order was a British order of chivalry instituted on 28 April 1815 by the Prince Regent (later George IV). ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


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 1826-28, he was Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil, to the Ottoman Empire from 1828-31 and to Austria from 1841-47. Sir George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (19 June 1722 – 13 August 1801) was the son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. ... The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, PC (January 28, 1784–December 14, 1860) was a Tory/Peelite politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. ...


In 1830, he acquired a long-term lease of Balmoral Castle and entertained Queen Victoria and Prince Albert there shortly before his death in 1847 (from choking on a fish bone). Albert later bought the estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife. Balmoral Castle. ... Queen Victoria, see Queen Victoria (ship). ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Augustus Charles Albert Emanuel, later HRH The Prince Consort) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

Diplomatic Posts
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Lamb		 British Ambassador to Austria
1841–1846		 Succeeded by
The Viscount Ponsonby


 

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