JOHN SAYWELL
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Maria Gordon, Marchioness of
Author: JOHN SAYWELL
Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Maria Gordon, Marchioness of , ne Marjoribanks (b at London, Eng 15 Mar 1857; d at Aberdeen, Scot 18 Apr 1939). Married to the earl ofABERDEEN in 1877, she accompanied him to Ireland when he was lord lieutenant, and to Canada, where he was governor general 1893-98. Lady Aberdeen was deeply involved in the political crises involving the governor general from 1894 to 1896.
Far more important, however, was her work with women's organizations. A staunch Presbyterian and Gladstonian Liberal, a woman of great poise and ...