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Old Photograph House of Cromar Scotland
Old photograph of House of Cromar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1905 by Lord Aberdeen, as a country retreat for his wife. John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, born 3rd of August 1847, died 7th of March 1934, was known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician. Born in Edinburgh, Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General of Canada. Aberdeen lived the later stages of his life at the House of Cromar in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, which he had built and where he died in 1934. His son, George, succeeded to the marquessate. House of Cromar passed to Sir Alexander MacRobert in 1934 and it became Alastrean House. It was leased to the RAF Benevolent Fund in 1984.
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