George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

British statesman (Prime Minister, 1852–1855), diplomat and Scottish landowner.

National Gallery Trustee (1824–1860).

No known connections with slavery.

The 4th Earl of Aberdeen was a mild abolitionist. According to the ODNB, in 1806 ‘He prepared a maiden speech in favour of the abolition of the slave trade but lost his nerve and failed to deliver it’. (Muriel E. Chamberlain, ‘Gordon, George Hamilton-, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)’, in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [online], Oxford 1992 -, <https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11044> accessed 6 August 2021.)

Former owner: The 4th Earl of Aberdeen once owned NG6376, which was presented to the NG by Betty and David Koetser in 1966.

M. E. Chamberlain, 'Gordon, George Hamilton-, fourth earl of Aberdeen', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11044
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History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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