Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (July 20, 1920 – August 19, 2002) was a botanical artist and art critic who succeeded to a peerage later in life. Gordon was born in 1920, the youngest of five children and the fourth son of Lord Dudley Gordon. He was raised at the family home of Haddo House and attended Harrow before entering Gray's School of Art.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (July 20, 1920 – August 19, 2002) was a botanical artist and art critic who succeeded to a peerage later in life. Gordon was born in 1920, the youngest of five children and the fourth son of Lord Dudley Gordon. He was raised at the family home of Haddo House and attended Harrow before entering Gray's School of Art. Commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1939, he served in the Middle East and North Africa before being invalided to Syria after an Irish Guardsman accidentally shot him in the shoulder. Returning to active service, he fought in Italy and North-West Europe before being demobilized as a staff captain in 1946. After leaving the services, he and fellow veteran and nobleman Earl Haig enrolled at the Camberwell School of Art. It was at Camberwell that Gordon began to specialize in botanical paintings. Several exhibitions of his art would be held in London, New York, Chicago and Sydney. In 1950, he married the ceramic sculptor Anne Barry. Gordon was also a member of the International Association of Art Critics and the modern art correspondent for Connoisseur magazine in the 1960s. It was at this time (1965) that his father inherited the Marquessate and Alastair became Lord Alastair Gordon. Gordon settled at Ashampstead, Berkshire, far from his ancestral home at Haddo, allowing him to enjoy the company of artistic, rather than country, society. Aside from his art, he also enjoyed a longtime role as an amateur singer in the Bach Choir. Inheriting the marquessate after the death of his brother in 1984, he sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. He attended the Lords only sparingly to speak on topics of interest to him. In his last year of life, he frequently wrote letters and columns on art criticism and other subjects for newspapers. However, he was best known for magazine and other pieces describing his experiences in the brothels of Knightsbridge and Beirut, an activity regarded by his wife with "tolerant amusement. " Aberdeen left two daughters and a son: Lady Emma Cecile Gordon, married Dr. Rodney Foale Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (b. 1955) Lady Sophia Katherine Gordon
  • Alastair Ninian John Gordon,, brytyjski arystokrata, najmłodszy syn Dudleya Gordona, 3. markiza Aberdeen i Temair, oraz Cécile Drummond, córki George'a Drummonda. Jako najmłodszy syn markiza nie był przewidziany do dziedziczenia tytułu. Wykształcenie odebrał w Harrow School. Interesował się fotografią. Jak sam przyznawał, jego ulubionymi obiektami były pędzące lokomotywy. Sześć lat służył w Gwardii Szkockiej (Scots Guards) walcząc na bliskowschodnim i północnoafrykańskim teatrze II wojny światowej. Po demobilizacji ukończył szkołę artystyczną (będąc już od 1939 r. członkiem Międzynarodowego Stowarzyszenia Krytyków Sztuki). Wybrał się następnie w podróż do Afryki Wschodniej, którą opisał w książce The Slight Touch of Safari, wydanej w 1952 r. , którą osobiście opatrzył rysunkami. Tytuł markiza odziedziczył po śmierci swojego starszego brata, Archibalda, w 1984 r. Jego przemówienia w Izbie Lordów dotyczyły głównie spraw związanych ze sztuką. Występował również w obronie narodowych kolei. W 1999 r. wydał The Good Whore Guide, w której opisał swoje przygody miłosne . Pod koniec życia mieszkał w Quicks Green w Berkshire. 24 lutego 1950 r. poślubił Anne Barry, córkę podpułkownika Geralda Barry'ego i lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie, córki 6. hrabiego Radnor. Alastair i Anne mieli razem syna i dwie córki: Emma Cecile Gordon, żona dr Rodneya Foale'a, ma dzieci Alexander George Gordon, 7. markiz Aberdeen i Temair Sophia Katherine Gordon
dbpprop:after
dbpprop:before
dbpprop:title
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:years
  • 1984–2002
rdfs:comment
  • Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (July 20, 1920 – August 19, 2002) was a botanical artist and art critic who succeeded to a peerage later in life. Gordon was born in 1920, the youngest of five children and the fourth son of Lord Dudley Gordon. He was raised at the family home of Haddo House and attended Harrow before entering Gray's School of Art.
  • Alastair Ninian John Gordon,, brytyjski arystokrata, najmłodszy syn Dudleya Gordona, 3. markiza Aberdeen i Temair, oraz Cécile Drummond, córki George'a Drummonda. Jako najmłodszy syn markiza nie był przewidziany do dziedziczenia tytułu. Wykształcenie odebrał w Harrow School. Interesował się fotografią. Jak sam przyznawał, jego ulubionymi obiektami były pędzące lokomotywy.
rdfs:label
  • Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
  • Alastair Gordon, 6. markiz Aberdeen i Temair
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:after of
is dbpprop:before of