Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (9 July 1913 – 7 September 1984), styled Lord Archibald Gordon from 1965 to 1974, was a Scottish writer, broadcaster and peer. The second son of Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and Cécile Elizabeth Drummond, on his death in 1984 he was succeeded in the marquessate, and his other titles, by his younger brother.

Education

He attended Harrow School.

Career

He was an assistant secretary with the Council for the Protection of Rural England, 1936–1940. He joined the BBC Monitoring Service in 1940. From 1946 to 1972 he worked for the BBC Radio Talks Department. He produced The Week in Westminster as well as Party Political and Election Broadcasts, 1946–1966. He was head of Radio Talks and Documentaries, 1967–1972. On the death of his elder brother on 13 September 1974 he succeeded to the title of 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, as well as his brother's other titles.

Personal life

Lord Aberdeen and Temair never married.

References

• thePeerage.com
• ‘Aberdeen and Temair’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Gordon	Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1974–1984	Succeeded by Alastair Gordon