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Named after Lord Aberdeen (born in Edinburgh) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Ea... > His diplomatic successes include organizing the coalition against Napoleon in 1812–1814, normalizing relations with post-Napoleonic France, settling the old border dispute between Canada and the United States, and ending the First Opium War with China in 1842, whereby Hong Kong was obtained.