Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair: Difference between revisions

Lord and Lady Aberdeen retired to their home in [[Scotland]], but continued to be involved in social causes. Together they wrote a memoir, ''We Twa'', that was published in 1925 to a positive reception and was followed by several expanded editions.<ref>Marjorie Pentland, ''A Bonnie Fechter: The life of Ishbel Marjoribanks'' (London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1952), 201, 202.</ref> ''The Canadian Journal of Lady Aberdeen, 1893–1898'', was edited by [[John Saywell]] and published by the Champlain Society in 1960, after her death.<ref>''The Man From Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister'', by [[Peter Busby Waite]], Toronto 1985, [[University of Toronto]] Press, p. 527.<!-- ISBN needed --></ref>

In 1931, Lady Aberdeen presented to the [[General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]] a petition of 336 women calling for women to be ordained to the ministry, diaconate and eldership of the Kirk.<ref>Pentland, ''A Bonnie Fechter'', 207.</ref> This resulted in a special commission, which recommended only that women should be ordained to the diaconate. It was not until 1968 that the Church of Scotland passed acts allowing women to become elders or enter the ministry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acts of the General Assembly – Legislative acts: 1931 to 2015|date=21 March 2011|url=http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about_us/church_law/acts|publisher=Church of Scotland|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref> She continued to serve as the president of the International Council of Women until 1936. She died of a heart attack on 18 April 1939 at Gordon House in [[Rubislaw, Aberdeen]].<ref>Pentland, ''A Bonnie Fechter'', 235.</ref><ref name="obit">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lady Aberdeen and Temair |date=19 April 1939 |page=16 |issue=48283 }}</ref>

Lady Aberdeen is credited with introducing the [[Golden Retriever]] to Canada; her father, Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, a Scottish aristocrat, is best known as the originator of the breed.<ref>Baldwin, Lorna (7 August 2013) [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/golden-retriever-gathering/ Golden Retrievers Go ‘Home’ for Gathering in Scottish Highlands] Public Broadcasting System, Newshour; retrieved 4 July 2014.</ref>