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[[File:George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll; George, Lord Haddo by John Kay etching, 1787.jpg|thumb|Lord Haddo (right) with [[George Hay, 16th Earl of Erroll]]]]
'''George Gordon, Lord Haddo''' (28 January 1764 – 2 October 1791) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] and the eldest son of [[George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lundy|2011|loc=i24705}} Cites: {{harvnb|Cokayne|2000|pp=15, 16}}</ref>
On 18 June 1782, Haddo married Charlotte Baird (d. 8 October 1795) a sister of [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|Sir David Baird, Bt.]]; they had seven children:<ref name=Lundy-Paul>{{harvnb|Lundy|2011|loc=i24705}} Cites: {{harvnb|Paul|1904|p=93}}</ref>
*[[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|Hon. George Hamilton-Gordon]] (1784–1860), later 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852–1855)
*[[William Gordon (1785–1858)|Hon. William Gordon]] (1784–1858), politician and [[vice-admiral]]
*[[The Hon. Sir Alexander Gordon]] (1786–1815), [[lieutenant-colonel]], killed at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]
*Lady Alice Gordon (1787–1847), granted the rank of an earl's daughter in 1813, [[Lady-in-Waiting]] to [[Princess Sophia of Gloucester]], died unmarried.
*[[Charles Gordon (lieutenant-colonel)|Hon. Charles Gordon]] (1790–1835), soldier
*[[Robert Gordon (diplomat)|Hon. Sir Robert Gordon]] (1791–1847), diplomat
*[[John Gordon (Admiral)|Hon. Sir John Gordon]] (1792–1869), [[Admiral|naval officer]]
Haddo was [[List of Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland|Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland]] from 1784 to 1786. In this capacity he laid the foundation stone of [[South Bridge, Edinburgh]], on 1 August 1785.<ref>Grant's Old and New Edinburgh, vol. 2, p. 374.</ref>
He predeceased his father in 1791 and on the latter's death in 1801, the earldom passed to Haddo's eldest son, George.<ref name=Lundy-Paul/>
==Legacy==
[[Haddo Peak]] in the Canadian Rocky Mountains was named in his honour.
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==References==
*{{cite web|last=Lundy |first=Darryl |date=24 January 2011|title=i24705: George Gordon, Lord Haddo |url=http://thepeerage.com/p2471.htm#i24705 |publisher=ThePeerage.com|access-date=6 September 2011}} This source cites:<!--Needs this because this site is not a reliable sources but the sources it cites are [[WP:SAYWHERE YOUGOTIT]]-->
*{{cite book|first=G. E. |last=Cokayne  |title=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) |edition=reprint in 6 volumes|location=Gloucester, U.K.|publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing|year=2000| volume=1 |pages=15, 16|display-authors=etal}}
*{{cite book| first=Sir James Balfour |last=Paul |title=The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland |location=Edinburgh, Scotland |publisher=David Douglas|year= 1904 |volume=1 |page=93}}
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