Background
Gordon was the third son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo, son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and Charlotte.
Gordon was the third son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo, son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and Charlotte.
His correspondence was collated and published early in the early 21st century. He then became Aide-de-Camp to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for the next six years, until he was killed at Waterloo. Gordon received brevet promotions to Major and Lieutenant-Colonel as a reward for carrying to London despatches announcing victory, first at the Battle of Corunna and then at Ciudad Rodrigo.
After Bonaparte"s exile to Elba in 1814, Gordon was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He was mortally wounded at Waterloo while rallying Brunswickers near Louisiana Haye Sainte, and died in Wellington"s own camp bed in his headquarters during the night.
The following is an account by John Robert Hume who was visiting the Duke of Wellington after the Battle of Waterloo,
Wellington wrote to Lord Aberdeen after his brother"s death.
