Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

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Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair GBE (15 March 1857–18 April 1939), born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks and known between her marriage and 1916 as The Countess of Aberdeen, was the third daughter of the 1st Baron Tweedmouth and the wife of the 7th Earl of Aberdeen (later the 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair), whom she married in 1877, and the founder of the Victorian Order of Nurses, which she established on 29 January 1897 despite protests from the Family Compact. She was also the first President of the organisation. The Lady Aberdeen bridge, which is the first bridge upstream to cross the Gatineau river, in Gatineau, was named in her honour.