Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair

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Hamilton-Gordon was the first woman to receive an honorary degree in Canada. She is shown here in Queen's University robes, photographed by William James Topley.
Hamilton-Gordon was the first woman to receive an honorary degree in Canada. She is shown here in Queen's University robes, photographed by William James Topley.

Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, GBE (15 March 1857 –18 April 1939), a Scottish author and philanthropist, was born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks. She was also known (between 1877 and 1916) as The Countess of Aberdeen.

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[edit] Family

She was the third daughter of the 1st Baron Tweedmouth and Isabella Weir-Hogg. She became the wife of 7th Earl of Aberdeen (later the 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair), whom she married on 7 November 1877 in St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London.

[edit] Children

[edit] Philanthropy

She founded 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.

[edit] International Council of Women/Writings/GBE

She was president of the International Council of Women between 1893 and 1936. In 1894 she received the Freedom of Limerick. She wrote the books The Musings of a Scottish Granny, We Twa, (published 1925), More Cracks with We Twa (published 1929). She received the Freedom of Edinburgh in 1928

She was invested as a GBE in 1931.

She died at the age of 82.

[edit] Trivia

Aberdeen Avenue, a street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was named after Lord Aberdeen (John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair) and Lady Aberdeen (Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair) who both lived in Hamilton on Bay Street South (1890-1898) with their four children. They also presided over the opening of the Hamilton Public Library on September 16, 1890. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Houghton, Margaret (2002). Hamilton Street Names: An Illustrated Guide. James Lorimer & Co. Ltd.. ISBN 1-55028-773-7. 
  • G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, p. 18.
  • Ibid, volume XIII, page 209.
  • Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 5.
  • Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, p. 11.

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