Archibald Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (9 July 1913 – 7 September 1984), styled Lord Archibald Gordon from 1965 to 1974, was an English broadcaster, author and Scottish peer. He produced The Week in Westminster on BBC radio from 1946–66.

Early life and education Gordon was born at Bourne Place, Bexley, Kent, the second son of Hon. Dudley Gordon and Cécile Elizabeth, daughter of George James Drummond. He was baptised at the Bexley parish church at six week old; Queen Mary was his godmother.

In 1916, his grandfather John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen was elevated to the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. From that point his father was styled Lord Dudley Gordon until he succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1965.

On the death of his elder brother on 13 September 1974, he succeeded him as Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, as well as inheriting his brother's other titles.

Personal life Lord Aberdeen and Temair never married and resided with his valet in Suffolk. At the suggestion of family friend Roy Palmer of Haughley, he came to live at The Grainge in Haughley until his death in 1984 in a hospital near Stowmarket.