Robert Gordon (diplomat)

Sir Robert Gordon was a British diplomat.
Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo and a brother of the George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th [Earl of Aberdeen|4th Earl of Aberdeen]. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. From 1826 to 1828, he was List of [Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Brazil|Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil], to the List of Ambassadors from [the United Kingdom to the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire] from 1828 to 1831 and to List of Ambassadors from the [United Kingdom to Austria|Austria] from 1841 to 1847. He took leave twice during his stay in Vienna, with Sir [John Crampton, 2nd Baronet|John Fiennes-Twisleton-Crampton] and Arthur Magenis taking charge in his place.
In 1830, he acquired a long-term lease of Balmoral Castle. He died in 1847 as the result of choking on a fish bone. Prince Albert bought the estate from his trustees a year later as a gift for his wife, Queen Victoria.