george hamilton gordon, fourth earl aberdeen
noun 1.Charles George ("Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha") 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
3.Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.
4.George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.
5.Mary (Catherine) born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
6.a male given name: from an Old English
word meaning “round hill.”
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| 1. | Adam Lindsay. 1833--70, Australian poet and horseman, born in the Azores, who developed the bush ballad as a literary form, esp in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870) |
| 2. | Charles George, known as Chinese Gordon. 1833--85, British general and administrator. He helped to crush the Taiping rebellion (1863--64), and was governor of the Sudan (1877--80), returning in 1884 to aid Egyptian forces against the Mahdi. He was killed in the siege of Khartoum |
| 3. | Sir Donald. born 1930; South African businessman |
| 4. | Dexter (Keith). 1923--90, US jazz tenor saxophonist |
| 5. | Lord George. 1751--93, English religious agitator. He led the Protestant opposition to legislation relieving Roman Catholics of certain disabilities, which culminated in the Gordon riots (1780) |
| 6. | George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen |
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