xt7qjq0stw34_5512 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474.dao.xml unknown archival material 1997ms474 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen clipping text 43.94 Cubic Feet 86 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 22 items Poor-Good Peal accession no. 11453. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen clipping 2017 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474/Box_64/Folder_10/Multipage28986.pdf undated section false xt7qjq0stw34_5512 xt7qjq0stw34 Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th
Earl of (I). 1784, d. 1860), statesman, an
accomplished scholar and man of taste, edu-
cated at Harrow and Cambridge. He was
earl y chosen a._representutivepeer of Scotland
and rewarded for important political services
by being made a British peer, with the title
of Lord Gordon. Under Tory administration
he occupied successively the office of Foreign
Secretary and of Secretary to the Colonies,
and while in the latter pest established
the mtcm‘c cordiula between England and
France. In 1852, as head of the Pool Party,
he became Prime Minister. The Eastern
question came into prominence, Lord Pul—
merstonretired from the Ministry, and Lord
Aberdeen allowed the country to “ drift ”
into the Crimean war. The war was mis-
managed, and he resigned upon what was
practically avotc of want of confidence, and
spent the remainder of his life in retirement.