Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair NPG x120063

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

John Campbell Gordon was the grandson of Conservative prime minister George Hamilton-Gordon. Having succeeded to the earldom on his eldest brother's death in 1870, he took up his seat in the House of Lords, where he was a close friend and supporter of the Whig prime minister, William Gladstone. Aberdeen served twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1886 and from 1905 to 1915. In 1893, he was appointed for five years as Governor General of Canada.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.