Legends of the Cat Fancy - Lady Aberdeen

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, with some of their Champion Skye Terriers and Persian Cats ready for a show.
Photo: by Brown, Inverurie. From 'We Twa' (1925) by Lord and Lady Aberdeen.
Image courtesy of The Harrison Weir Collection

Lord Aberdeen was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1893 and served for five years. While in Canada, Lady Aberdeen helped to establish the Victorian Order of Nurses.

Lady Aberdeen's father was largely responsible for developing the Golden Retriever breed, her husband bred Skye Terriers, and Lady Aberdeen herself bred Persians in a variety of colors.

'Lady Aberdeen and Ashtaroth of Haddo'
Photo: J. Auld, Ellon Cassell's Magazine. c.1903.
Image courtesy of The Harrison Weir Collection

 
The story of her SILVER TABBY PERSIAN, Ashtaroth of Haddo, http://cat-o-pedia.org/ashtaroth-of-haddo.html, includes numerous photos of the ancestral home and the pomp of the British aristocracy.